? Aluminum or Magnesium Anode?
Which is better and why? Was going to order a new anode from Amazon and just noticed they have either aluminum or magnesium available. I guess I'm bat-blind. The couple times before that I replaced...
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I full time and the magnesium rod is about 70-80 percent eaten away at the 1 year mark. So I just replace every spring before leaving my winter hideaway.
As long as it lasts a year I will stay with magnesium. I want it to wear away and I'm worried that the aluminum version would not provide the same protection since it dissolves so much slower.
I also bought the cheap flexible hose end attachmnet which allows me to blast out all the gunk from the bottom of the tank. A side benefit to a yearly replacement schedule.
**** Do Not Forget - turn off the heating unit before draining the tank and replacing the anode. Running the electrical heater without water in the tank will burn it out.
As long as it lasts a year I will stay with magnesium. I want it to wear away and I'm worried that the aluminum version would not provide the same protection since it dissolves so much slower.
I also bought the cheap flexible hose end attachmnet which allows me to blast out all the gunk from the bottom of the tank. A side benefit to a yearly replacement schedule.
**** Do Not Forget - turn off the heating unit before draining the tank and replacing the anode. Running the electrical heater without water in the tank will burn it out.
