Review Tankless Water Heater Cleaning Kit

Tankless Water Heater Cleaning Kit

Included: 5-Gallon Flush tank, Submerisible Pump, (2) 5' Ft Hoses, Step by Step instructions

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Tankless Water Heater Cleaning Kit Features

• Helps maintain the performance of your tankless water heater
• Connects easily to tankless isolation valves
• For use with all Tankless water heaters
• Restores Efficiency Fast
• Safe to use

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Tankless Water Heater Cleaning Kit

Customers say's :
Works Great But You Could Do as Well Buying the Components
I live in an area that has very hard water. I had a tankless water heater installed a year ago and loved it but with time it started not supplying hot water fast enough to keep up with two showers running at the same time. A plumber told me the tankless water heater needed to be back flushed and wanted to charge me $150 to do the job.

I decided this was something I could do myself so I started looking on the Internet to find out how. Then I looked on Amazon.com for the equipment to do the job. I saw this tankless flush kit that would do the job so I ordered it.

When it came I read the instructions that were photocopied exactly the same as what I read on the Internet. I bought four gallons of white vinegar and hooked it up. The first thing I noticed was I did not need four gallons of vinegar. The bucket with the pump in it would not even hold all four gallons. Two gallons would have been plenty and you may be able to get by with as little as one...

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Handy, but the included pump is an overkill
What can I say, the kit can be readily constructed for $50-$60 from a chain store nearby. The key is to get a cheapo pump - I recommend a TotalPond submersible fountain pump. I went with the 170-300 GPH TotalPond Fountain Pump for $30 (works great), but perhaps the one for $20 with less flow can do the trick as well (MD11060 40-70 GPH). Just check the heater height vs the pump specs. Also, some heaters want a minimum flow of something like .5GPM, which would only be 30 GPH. That is enough to keep the heater full of acid, so no higher pump rates needed. The pump manual warns to use it only in fresh water, but even if it fails after 20 hours in vinegar, that's still 10 years of single household bi-annual descaling procedures. The biggest challenge is chasing suitable 3/4" to tube adapters on the HD shelves, and a few other things (that where the other $30 went).

Manufactures want 5 gallons of vinegar, but again, seems like an overkill (as the other commenter noted). It's...

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If your plumber tells you to ditch your tankless hot water system
and charges you 300 dollars for the advice, you'll be glad you read this:

Tankless hot water systems are European, and I'm guessing your plumber, like mine isn't....and therefore...doesn't have a clue about them. Most American plumbing companies won't touch a tankless system. But before you throw away a two or three thousand dollar investment, go to YouTube and find out how to maintain the system yourself. I did, and last year with some vinegar, a piece of hose, a makeshift hand pump and a bucket I fixed my water heater in about fifteen minutes. The down side was that the fittings were not tight and when I finished I was drenched in vinegar (if I had used a more caustic calcium and lime remover, and I seriously considered it, I would be blind now...cautionary tale.)

The trick with most things European is preventive maintenance, and with the tankless, if you wait until you know there is a problem, it might be too late. The system will overheat, melt the fittings,...

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