[elky] Re: Fw: Non Elky Plumbing mystery

  • From: "Jim Dos" <jdos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 07:16:10 -0600

I believe you are correct.  Use a screwdriver

 

From: elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Rick Draganowski
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 3:38 AM
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [elky] Fw: Non Elky Plumbing mystery

 

 

On my high-tech well advertised and incredibly overpriced twentyfirst
century electric water heater there is a drain valve at the bottom as there
should be.

 

But it is alien to me. I have never seen the likes of this amazing brass
what-ever-you-call-it-thingie before. 

 

Is is merely a screwdriver operated faucet? And if so why? Why would such a
thing even exist? What is going on? Will Rod Serling step from behind the
curtain?

 

Here are some pictures I took while standing on my head and feeling a bit
sick to my stomach. Sorry about the poor quality as I could not see what I
was doing at all. It was point and hope time.

 

It is past time to drain my water heater and I wonder if there may be a
nasty gotcha associated with this bizarre brass manifestation of some form
of engineering I am not familiar with. Klingon perhaps? Too brutal looking
to be Romulan.

 

Rick Draganowski

(Doubtful in Oregon)

 

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