Upgraded gas water heater to electric
Today I finished installing and tested my new CAMCO Hybrid Heat electric conversion for my water heater. It works just fine, but it does take a very long time to heat. The element is just a little 4...
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With the supplied parts in the kit, you are supposed to replace the drain valve with the small 425 watt element and run a regular sized anode. The larger element would replace the anode, so looked around and I found a company that makes a 1/4 and 3/8 anode.
My end result will be larger element in the anode plug and replacing the drain with the small anode.
As a side note, my tank does have two large anode ports. One in front and one in back, above the circuit board. However, the front side anode was galled and took a breaker bar to remove. The rear one looks like it was plugged at the factory and hasn't been pulled since. I tried the breaker bar on the back one and the whole tank wanted to turn. I am afraid to put an impact on it and break the tank, so that is why I hunted down the smaller anode. If I could have pulled the larger plug on the back, then I would have just put the heater element in there and left the front with the regular anode and drain valve.
Jose
My end result will be larger element in the anode plug and replacing the drain with the small anode.
As a side note, my tank does have two large anode ports. One in front and one in back, above the circuit board. However, the front side anode was galled and took a breaker bar to remove. The rear one looks like it was plugged at the factory and hasn't been pulled since. I tried the breaker bar on the back one and the whole tank wanted to turn. I am afraid to put an impact on it and break the tank, so that is why I hunted down the smaller anode. If I could have pulled the larger plug on the back, then I would have just put the heater element in there and left the front with the regular anode and drain valve.
Jose
