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DHW brass well failures

walt9064
walt9064 Member Posts: 4
in Domestic Hot Water

for the past year or two I’ve been replacing wells and aquastat on various hot water heaters no matter the source of domestic water. I just left a job that I replaced these a year ago, I replaced again! Any one else?

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  • DCContrarian
    DCContrarian Member Posts: 628

    Dezincification?

  • george_42
    george_42 Member Posts: 123

    why are you heating hot water

  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 24,558
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1806641#Comment_1806641

    say again? My guess would be the client doesn't like cold showers?

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • dko
    dko Member Posts: 668

    I believe it was just a harmless joke at the pleonasm overlap

    free gift, true facts, burning fire, false pretense, regular routine, armed gunman, tuna fish

  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Member Posts: 23,108

    dezincification? Check the ph of the water. Change to stainless or tin plated wells

    https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/dezincification-brass.html

    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream
  • Intplm.
    Intplm. Member Posts: 2,155
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/197489/dhw-brass-well-failures

    Have you tried a different brand/manufacturer? There might be a foundry issue with the emersion wells you are using.

  • Lance
    Lance Member Posts: 286

    China sourced materials are known for not passing code. Had to reject a thousand feet of 1" black iron, that would not thread, too brittle and went to US Steel which worked; rejected Chrome shower arms also; could feel the thread grooves on the inside pipe wall, also weighed less than code approved. No one verifies import quality anymore. I could go own. With any well water system i use Stainless Steel for acidic water. Buy American no longer means made in America. John Deere just built a plant in Mexico. I have 30 year parts in my warehouse that will last 4 times longer than cheap imports. I'll bet most new materials will not meet code specifications today. Caveat Emptor

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