both electric and gas, it may not be in the hot output it could be a separate pop off tab on top thats covered with foam, do some googling for your make/model and where your anode is located.
Erich Kaiser North Central Tower [email protected] Office: 815-570-3101 On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 12:21 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > I dont think Ive ever seen an anode on a water heater, inlet, outlet, > popoff, burner, thermocouple, drain. Is that a new thing? I havent put in a > new water heater in a long time, or is that for electric? > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 11:32 AM Erich Kaiser <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> If you are going to put a tank one in again make sure to replace the >> Anode rod with a DC powered one. If you check your existing heater does >> the rod even exist or has it corroded away (It is supposed to protect the >> tank from corrosion)? We had two 40 gal heaters replaced about 8 months >> ago, right after the install, we started to get a sulfur smell . In doing >> some research turns out even new hot water heater Anodes (magnesium) can >> have a reaction to well/hard water and the rod will need to replaced within >> a few years. I found that you can buy a DC rod and never replace it, so I >> went that route, did it myself and the smell instantly went away. When i >> took the rod out to replace it i could see the corrosion on the rod even >> from only being a few weeks old. >> >> Link to the anodes I purchased: >> >> >> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KIMC91W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 12:35 AM Steve Jones <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> You guys all do different weird shit. Went to drain my gas heater tonite >>> (may have put that maintenance off longer than intended) >>> We are quarry country so we have super hard water. Needless to say tanks >>> full of baked in sediment and when I cleared the valve I may have cracked >>> the liner, about every ten seconds I'm getting a drip on the burner, and my >>> pop off is dripping, probably some sediment. >>> >>> The water heater is the only thing I have that vents hot anymore and my >>> chimney leaks in driving rain. Is rather just bash it in and put a >>> dumbwaiter in the chase. I have the two fresh kids that I bet would have a >>> blast riding that. >>> >>> Power vent gas looks to almost double the cost. >>> >>> Tankless is looking almost comparable in price for gas, so I'm curious >>> if any of you guys run them without major water softener and filters. >>> >>> I'm planning on solar in the next 5 or 6 years when I redo my roof so >>> electric would be the thing I go with on the water heater after the one I'm >>> gonna have to put in now. >>> >>> I like gas water heaters because I know how to fix them, parts are >>> cheap, same with my clothes dryers. But theyve priced themselves into me >>> looking at my options. >>> >>> Tankless I dont know how to calculate gpm needs. But what led to this >>> was taking the flow reducer out of my low flow shower head and running out >>> of hot water in 20 minutes. I start my day by scalding myself for about a >>> half hour cause I'm a filthy bastard and need to be cleansed of my sins. >>> We have 2 bathrooms and a girl hitting her teens, so I assume we may be >>> getting into a shower and bath coming on at the same time and the wife >>> knowing what's good for her and washing dishes. >>> She wont let me put a wood stove and still in the bathroom, so wood >>> fired shower options are out. >>> Are residential boilers a thing? All my walls had pocket doors so I have >>> plenty of room for radiant walls, I dont know if boiler heat it even >>> efficient though. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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