Question for those who have added electric water rod

I appreciate you doing that. I just love being woken up at 3am by someone's gas-fired WH going off.

Depending on the regions water you may never have a problem. ..around here the rods disolve like sugarcubes. .I'm thinking about using impressed current as a secondary protection method.

All I could afford wrote:
I added hot rod 400 watt kit 2 years ago and love it. My water heater is located right underneath the dinette bench, and I always hated hearing the sound of the gas burner coming on and off throughout the day. With the separate thermostat on the electric element I keep it set about 20 degrees higher then the gas thermostat. Therefore in moderate use the gas never fires unless someone goes in the shower.
No negative things to report

This is how I set mine up also. I keep the gas on though for faster recovery when 4 people are showering in a row. My Atwood didn't have an anode, just a plastic drain plug.

The only negative thing to report is be careful not to turn it on after you winterize it will burn out the element.

I added hot rod 400 watt kit 2 years ago and love it. My water heater is located right underneath the dinette bench, and I always hated hearing the sound of the gas burner coming on and off throughout the day. With the separate thermostat on the electric element I keep it set about 20 degrees higher then the gas thermostat. Therefore in moderate use the gas never fires unless someone goes in the shower.
No negative things to report

Cool let us know how well it works.

Worth noting, since posting this earlier, I've already installed it. Only took about an hour. Anode looked virtually new when I took it out.