In this article, you will discover why purchasing a “conventional” tank water heater is akin to purchasing a ticking time bomb. The potentially costly decision stems from the inevitable failure of two of the conventional waters heater’s components – the tank itself and the sacrificial anode - which we discuss below.
Ticking Time Bomb?
Although conventional water heaters sometimes can be literal time bombs, exploding at a moment’s notice, this is not the main issue for most homeowners.[1] Instead, the “ticking time bomb aspect” we speak of here relates to the eventual creation of holes in the hot water heater. Holes equal leaks, and leaks equal problems.
