Teflon Tape or Plumbers Putty?
For the past several years, I've been using teflon tape on the threads of the anode in my Suburban water heater to keep water from leaking out of the tank. This year, I bought a plumbers putty stick a...
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Threads in drain hole and on anode rod are 'tapered' so that they seal against each other.
I suggest you get a 3/4" NPT nipple made of steel and run it in drain hole to chase and clean threads up.
Screw in by hand then tighten, loosen, tighten some more, loosen, tighten more etc until threads are clean.
If reusing anode rod......clean up threads with a stiff wire brush or wire wheel
Then use teflon tape or plumbers putty.......either will work
I suggest you get a 3/4" NPT nipple made of steel and run it in drain hole to chase and clean threads up.
Screw in by hand then tighten, loosen, tighten some more, loosen, tighten more etc until threads are clean.
If reusing anode rod......clean up threads with a stiff wire brush or wire wheel
Then use teflon tape or plumbers putty.......either will work
