Is there a better way to heat up my geyser that uses borehole water? The area I live in has no reliable water unless you drill a borehole. Every three months I change out my copper elements in my geyser. I am just asking since it is a pain in the butt
Just chiming in, because I had never heard a water heater referred to as a “geyser” before. I was very confused about the application of an electrically heated hole in the ground.
Sorry we have weird names here in South Africa, a traffic light we call a robot, a fuel station a garage and in my example a water heater a geyser. I apologise I did not know no one calls the water heater a geyser apart from us.
I assume that the issue is doe to hard water from the borehole - and so limescale buildup, which can quickly kill heating elements.
I look after a few systems with this issue, and have installed water softeners to deal with it. There is some info here.
Yes it is like a lime scale buildup, but also very corrosive.
I will look into the water softener solution thank you
Not sure I fully understand the question, but does your water heater have (or can you add) a sacrificial anode?
Yes it does, the anode is usually dissolved/corroded away after almost a year. I also replace them when they are really rough. But some of the users suggested I use a water softening system so I think I am going that route. Thank you for your help
