TERRIBLE anode rod shape!
(edited to add pic of heating element and blurb) I am starting to wonder if the previous owner did any maintenance to some of the parts of this travel trailer. It's in excellent condition overall, ...
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Lynnmor wrote:Guy Roan wrote:Lynnmor wrote:
I think that most never check the anode. Just bring up the subject at a campfire and you will get some puzzled looks. Now how many here replace the anode rod in their home water heater?
That is because there is none to replace.
Guy
In the home or RV? I have both.
Buy a residential water heater with 6 yr guarantee and it will have an anode rod.
Buy one with a 10 yr guarantee and it will have a Longer, or bigger, or Extra anode rod
RV water heater...Suburban uses an anode rod because of steel tank that is glass-lined----just like a residential one
Atwood uses an aluminum alloy clad tank. No anode rod
