Virg FINALLY changed the Anode

Luizianna · Post by **Luizianna** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:24 pm

After 3 years he finally changed the hot water heater anode....yuck!!! Here's what it looked like...

The new one from CW is a lot shorter...I wonder why?

Post by **Don Wilson** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:29 pm

Yep, That is what mine looked like when I changed it after two and 1/2 years.

The new one I installed has a valve that I can drain the water heater after each trip.

Don

Luizianna · Post by **Luizianna** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:32 pm

Virg said the new one he put on does also. He said the only ones from CW had were ones with that valve.

Shields · Post by **Shields** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:33 pm

Interesting, CW asked me if I needed the long one or the short one. I showed them the old one and said "you tell me". I got the identical long one from them.

Luizianna · Post by **Luizianna** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:24 pm

Virg didn't ask for help...lol there were two hanging there and one was for 8 gal and one for a 10 gal....both were short. The 8 gal was shorter than the one we got as we have the 10 gal heater. Hope we got the right one!!!

yogi154 · Post by **yogi154** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:42 pm

Virg I think you could have got another year out of that old rod .

I drained in the fall there wasn't nothing left a bare rod . I turned the water on with the plug out and flushed for a while . There was a lot of caca !!!flowing out and down the side of the trailer . I guess I'll have to wash it in the spring . Ya Right

Well I guess we have a trip to C W ,and we say good to a couple hundred buckskins .
I know Marti will find something that we can't live with out .

We suffer from the Winter Blues !!!

Think Early Spring

Post by **Mike Clay** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:52 pm

Luizianna wrote:After 3 years he finally changed the hot water heater anode....yuck!!! Here's what it looked like...

The new one from CW is a lot shorter...I wonder why?

Well thats the long one but sheesh maybe change it a little sooner next time. LOL

jennyt · Post by **jennyt** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:00 am

We need to do ours too

3 years for us also - I don't think I'll be posting a pic though.

snuffy · Post by **snuffy** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:05 am

I'm glad mine doesn't have one.

Shields · Post by **Shields** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:07 pm

I'm glad mine doesn't have one.

water heater?

Post by **Olbird** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:41 pm

If someone removed the hot water heater anode you need to get one back installed.

snuffy · Post by **snuffy** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:13 pm

I have an Atwood and it does not have an anode rod.

Post by **Olbird** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:05 pm

Did you Cardinal come with a Atwood and did the Atwood come with a electric element.

Atwood units have an aluminum tank with a special coating and a anode is not required, most water deposits will washed off to the bottom of the tank.

Suburban water heaters come equipped with a anode rod and they are equipped for a reason - they need them to prolong the life of the tank. Suburban tanks are made of steel with an inner glass lining and a electric heating element is inserted into the water as a second heat source. The more different metals within the tank the greater chance of corrosion. The anode rod helps to prevent corrosion of the steel tank by attracting the corrosion to itself - it's called a sacrificial rod.

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Virg FINALLY changed the Anode

Virg FINALLY changed the Anode

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