White Residue At Bottom Of Water Heater

[lifeisrandom]

i flunked chemistry so please advise. I keep finding what looks like dirt at the bottom of the water heater. I clean it, and it comes back again. Is it the result of a chemical reaction in heating the water?

its one of these things

http://www.amazon.com/Aroma-3%252dlit%252e...663&sr=8-10

[Antimony]

Mineral deposit aka lime scales.

http://www.ehow.com/how_114283_rid-tap-water.html

[girlx]

i am glad there is someone on here pondering the really important questions in life while the rest of us talk shit

[photojourn]

Lime or calcium. If it's white it's more likely to be calcium

[jayjayjayjay]

i flunked chemistry so please advise. I keep finding what looks like dirt at the bottom of the water heater. I clean it, and it comes back again. Is it the result of a chemical reaction in heating the water?

its one of these things

http://www.amazon.com/Aroma-3%252dlit%252e...663&sr=8-10

Amway have a great cleaner for removing this stuff, also removed it from glass doors in showers. Can't remember the old grannies remedy.

[sbk]

Vinegar

[Soutpeel]

Vinegar

Beat me too it...

[Gary A]

Use filtered rain water and the problem will go away.

[citizen33]

Use filtered rain water and the problem will go away.

There are proprietary lime scale removers that will cure this problem, common in, say, electric kettles in Europe. You leave it soaking overnight and the problem has gone. However these are hard to get in Thailand and this is an item I always bring from the UK. I find in my area that limescale messes up taps, electric water heaters and shower heads - so rain water is not a complete solution The other thing you can do is try to improve the quality of the water supply, either with an additive added to the tank in a bag, or electro-magnetic devices that some claim will work. I've tried various of these and think I've seen a bit of improvement.

[MinnieCauldwell]

i flunked chemistry so please advise. I keep finding what looks like dirt at the bottom of the water heater. I clean it, and it comes back again. Is it the result of a chemical reaction in heating the water?

its one of these things

http://www.amazon.com/Aroma-3%252dlit%252e...663&sr=8-10

If Gary Glitter hasn't been around then it may simply be limescale, if he has...then don't drink the tea!

[NanLaew]

...unless it's MELAMINE!!!!

[ulath]

Heres another article on it explains it a bit more and talks about one type of water softener (removes the calcium or magnesium from the water), in the country town where i lived use to have one as we used underground water. http://home.howstuffworks.com/question99.htm