Check your water heater anode!
It's the time of year when many people are preparing to winterize their RV's and I just wanted to offer up a friendly reminder that this is also a good time to drain & flush your hot water tank and in...
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NRALIFR wrote:
This is just foolish nonsense saying an anode isn't needed or will harm an Atwood tank. They're used all the time on aluminum boats and tanks to help prevent corrosion of whatever they're used on. That's why they're called "sacrificial". What Atwood doesn't want you to realize is that the aluminum tank itself is anodic, and in time will get pinholes in it and leak. That's why some of us will still use an anode rod despite their warnings of "We'll void your warranty!" :E .
Go ahead. Even if my water heater still had a warranty I wouldn't care.
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So the 19 year old Atwood water heater tank in my previous coach and the 13 year old Atwood tank in my current coach are doomed to failure at any moment if I don't use an anode? I don't think so...
