Robert Jones Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Today's water heater was a Bradford White manufactured, 6 yr old electric unit. After running the appliances, bathroom's etc..., actually well after running those, the tank was still making a noise like it was "running" maybe churning is a better word. I did check the TPR and it was normal. Shut off the water supply to the tank and the noise continued. It does have a Hyrdo Jet system, could this be the cause? Click to Enlarge 29.13 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Saunders Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Sounds like calcium buildup to me, do you have hard water there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Jones Posted July 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 This home was located out in the rural part of the county but on city water. I don't think the water there is hard at all. How would the calcium cause the noise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Mud perking on the bottom of the tank maybe? OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 The "Hydro-Jet" is what they call their dip tube in the HW tank. The end of it has a nozzle that jets the water around the bottom of the tank. Sounds like it has a build up of sediment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 The "Hydro-Jet" is what they call their dip tube in the HW tank. The end of it has a nozzle that jets the water around the bottom of the tank. Sounds like it has a build up of sediment. But Robert said that the noise continued even after the water supply to the WH was turned off. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspector57 Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 I hear electric heaters making noise all the time when the elements are on, kind of a boiling irregular noise. Could that be what you are hearing? I can't quote a source for this but I always assumed the water immediately next to the element was beginning to boil. This would continue when the water supply was off but the power was still on. You might just try listening and then turning the power off and on to verify. I had one in my last house that did this for the five years I had it and my current apartment with a lowboy electric does the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Jones Posted July 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Thanks Jim. That is about what it sounds like. Just the first time I had a Bradford White do this so was a bit confused. I appreciate all of the replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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