Pulled my WH plug, is this calcium?
I winterized my camper and pulled the water heater plug last night to drain it. When I pulled it out, this rod came with it and it was covered in this white ****. I can only assume it's calcium? As...
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When I tried to remove and replace the anode rod on my home water heater, which is located in the basement of our home, I couldn't get it out because of the ceiling. I had to disconnect the whole heater from the gas and water lines, tilt it to the side, and then remove and replace the rod. A whole lot of work.
Seems to me they could make replacements with a some sort of hinge hinge in the middle so the new one could be put in without removing the heater. Maybe even two pieces with the middle wire core having a loop on the end and joined there. It is easy to bend the old one to get it out but you cant do that with the new one. Of course, if you have a ceiling that is 4 or 5 feet higher than the top of the heater you don't have a problem but my basement ceiling is only about 7.5 or 8 feet high and there was not enough clearance.
With our trailer, there is no anode rod since it is an Atwood. I just drain it, flush it with a water heater tank rinsing tool already mentioned earlier, put the plug back in, and then fill it again in the spring.
Barney
Seems to me they could make replacements with a some sort of hinge hinge in the middle so the new one could be put in without removing the heater. Maybe even two pieces with the middle wire core having a loop on the end and joined there. It is easy to bend the old one to get it out but you cant do that with the new one. Of course, if you have a ceiling that is 4 or 5 feet higher than the top of the heater you don't have a problem but my basement ceiling is only about 7.5 or 8 feet high and there was not enough clearance.
With our trailer, there is no anode rod since it is an Atwood. I just drain it, flush it with a water heater tank rinsing tool already mentioned earlier, put the plug back in, and then fill it again in the spring.
Barney
