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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Old-Biscuit wrote: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
I was responding to Guy. I have a water heater in my house, shop and RV and they all have anode rods. Guy seems to think that "there are none to replace" and it is possible, for him that may be the case, but many need to know that they should check the home water heater.
