The water is not clear any more we have white residue in the kettle. We did change the filter and emptied the tank 3 times before insulting the new filters.

Turn off the power source before draining just to be safe.

Check storage tank. The tank must be emptied of water and 7 psig air is applies to Schrader valve on bottom. of tank. It is not uncommon for tanks to lose pressure, however there are time s where the bladder devolve a hole and ends up with water on both sides.

I had the same issue a few months ago. To clear the sediment blow back into the hose making sure the valve at the tank is open. I had to blow two or three times during the draining process. 50 gallon tank took about 45 minutes to drain

If it has no oil ports, replace the motor

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2) Your Bradford White most likely uses screw-in type element
Older models use flat flange type element.

3) Buy elements at local hardware.
Match wattage of new element to wattage that shows on label on side of tank

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It sounds like the pocket developed for your wellpoint has collapsed. In order to redevelop it, you must pump water down into the well pipe for some time. I'm not sure how long. This opens up a pocket for your point so that it has no contact with sand. Of course, everything else must be flushed to remove the sand from your entire system. Goos luck!

well the tank is made of brass and copper. That takes away that it is the unit. It sounds like lime buildup. Now what does happen as water goes into the tank and heats up lime will remain in the tank. Then as time goes buy it then starts to get to heavy and relesase itself and then the clog effect it taking place.

the best thing you can do now is reverse flow water into the tank and wash it out, its call beack washing. Yu can buy some products to put in at first to help break it down and then you get ore out.

With the new whole house units they now install a vakve set that has two way valves so you can backwash the tanks and stay ontop of the lime.

You must be asking where does the linme come from, well it starts at the well where the water department gets there water. then it goes into a filtering system and they use a lime to act as the filter agent then it heads out to the system and coats the pipes all along the way. I have cut 16 inch pipe and there was solid inch of lime caked inside.

I tell many people if yuo looking inside the water system yo would never drink the water. You might want to think about getting a whole house filter system to slow down the kime that geets in.

Thanks so much be safe in all that you do.

Yom

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Check the micron rating on the filter. A typical filter will be 30-50 micron. If the new filters are a finer micron 5-10 these will reduce the water pressure significantly and plug up much faster. Also note if you have more sediment occurring. If on a well, hook a hose up to the drain at the well tank and flush the tank out to a floor drain, take note of any sediment, let the well kick on several times to flush completely.
RJ

Hello CATHY Have the ANODE rod replaced in the heater.That should help as they wear out over time.

The tank was full of water . The blatter in the tank was empty so I pumped six pounds of air into it and it works great.