Hot water heater has lumps of clear slime!!
I just drained my water heater for the season and it had lots of small lumps of clear to brownish slime or gelatin like substance. You could smoosh it and it would disintegrate. It didn't seem to ha...
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rexlion wrote:
One person says it's from a magnesium rod, and to get an aluminum one.
Another says it's from an aluminum rod, and to get a magnesium one.
Advice: you get what you pay for! :D
Never 'said' it was from a magnesium rod.......ASKED IF OP was using one because of his statement about smelly water.
Hard to tell what problem really is without ALL the info.
From 'links' posted it does appear to be due to aluminum hydroxide formation.....IF OP is using an aluminum anode rod.
