# Water heater help

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**Created:** [December 15, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/water-heater-help/265755 "2012-12-15T13:56:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/water-heater-help/265755/26 "2012-12-17T12:54:17Z")

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> [@my 93 civic up again looking for trades](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-93-civic-up-again-looking-for-trades/51267/5):
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> No its not, I am on Schenectady water and it has very high levels of calcium, my dishwasher heater is white from the water as well as my once black carbon water filter in the refrigerator. After seeing this thread I will be draining my water heater this weekend.

I had trouble with the debris in the tank clogging up the drain on the bottom. I ended up unhooking the hose from the back of my washing machine and hooking it to the to drain on the water heater and flushing water back into the water heater to undo any clogs. Then unhooked the washing machine hose and let it drain until it clogged again. Repeated that a half dozen times until i could get all the water out without it clogging. I then vacuumed out that i could get at from the hole where the element goes. Then I opened the fill valve and kept the drain open to flush the tank out even more.

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