country water / anode / Suburban / smelly water ?'n
Hi, we stored our Travel Trailer (Suburban 10 gal water tank) for 2 years and am now camping with it, have had it set up about 6 weeks.
We're in a private campground that has a well.
The cold water smells a little bit like iron, as it will in this part of Sask Canada.
The hot water reeks of sulphur.
Pulled the anode, it's pretty well toast.
However: replacing the anode with another Suburban anode will just continue having the country well water react with the magnesium and we'll still get the sulphur stink.
Plumber friend suggested not to use the anode. Of coure then the water heater (steel/glass lined) will corrode and not last very long. Not to mention no warranty however it's a 2013 trailer so prob don't have any warranty left.
What's in this site makes sense http://www.waterheaterrescue.com/Troubleshooting/stinky-water-in-hot-water-heaters.html
but I'd like to combine it with RV-ers knowledge.
Right now we've turned off the heater and flushed it clean and stopped the direct water and poured 24 oz bleach in the 40 gallon holding tank and ran it through the system and are letting it sit 2 days. (Hydrogen peroxide would work too and is safer as/and doesn't require as much flushing after but we had bleach on hand and are ready to flush many times after)
The question is what would you do? putting the magnesium anode will repeat the sulfur smell process, yet not using an anode will corrode the tank. Do we bite the bullet and use a Powered anode? (http://www.watertechonline.com/replacing-anodes-getting-rid-of-odor/ was the site I read)
If so, where would I find a powered anode to fit a Suburban heater?
ideas/ help appreciated. I read previous forums here on this and have read every solution but am still not knowing what to do with all the answers out there. Thank you (collectively) for your time.
We're in a private campground that has a well.
The cold water smells a little bit like iron, as it will in this part of Sask Canada.
The hot water reeks of sulphur.
Pulled the anode, it's pretty well toast.
However: replacing the anode with another Suburban anode will just continue having the country well water react with the magnesium and we'll still get the sulphur stink.
Plumber friend suggested not to use the anode. Of coure then the water heater (steel/glass lined) will corrode and not last very long. Not to mention no warranty however it's a 2013 trailer so prob don't have any warranty left.
What's in this site makes sense http://www.waterheaterrescue.com/Troubleshooting/stinky-water-in-hot-water-heaters.html
but I'd like to combine it with RV-ers knowledge.
Right now we've turned off the heater and flushed it clean and stopped the direct water and poured 24 oz bleach in the 40 gallon holding tank and ran it through the system and are letting it sit 2 days. (Hydrogen peroxide would work too and is safer as/and doesn't require as much flushing after but we had bleach on hand and are ready to flush many times after)
The question is what would you do? putting the magnesium anode will repeat the sulfur smell process, yet not using an anode will corrode the tank. Do we bite the bullet and use a Powered anode? (http://www.watertechonline.com/replacing-anodes-getting-rid-of-odor/ was the site I read)
If so, where would I find a powered anode to fit a Suburban heater?
ideas/ help appreciated. I read previous forums here on this and have read every solution but am still not knowing what to do with all the answers out there. Thank you (collectively) for your time.
