Sacrificial Anode
I winterized my 5th wheel today, including removing the sacrificial anode to drain the hot water tank. Then I and went to do the same thing to my camper and discovered that there is just a plastic plu...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:Several years reading post on water heaters, and my research agree with this. My TC uses an Atwood water, which does not use an anode.
Atwood.........uses an aluminum alloy tank and therefore does NOT have an anode rod. Drain hole is 1/2" diameter and uses a nylon drain plug.
Aftermarket sells a 1/2" anode rod for use in Atwood.....but mfg. does NOT supply one or recommend one.
Suburban.......uses a steel 'glass lined' tank just like millions of residential water heaters and therefore uses anode rod. Drain hole is 3/4" and anode rod is 9"-9 1/2" long. Sacrificial material is formed around a steel rod and can be Magnesium or Aluminum
It is my understanding residential water heater all use the anode rod. I might stand corrected on this.
Wayne
