Looking for help with water heater

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   It sounds like they removed the anode rod as part of the winterization. The flakes probably came out of the water heater. You can stick a garden hose in the opening where the anode rod screws into and rinse out the tank. If the treads are rusted on the anode rod you can take a wire brush to clean them, for the treads in the tank you will need a 3/4-14 pipe tap to clean them. I wish they would go back to how pictures were posted in the past 

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JandL Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 29 Mar 2014 Location: California Online Status: Offline Posts: 364	Topic: Looking for help with water heater Posted: 17 Apr 2017 at 10:26pm
	It sounds like they removed the anode rod as part of the winterization. The flakes probably came out of the water heater. You can stick a garden hose in the opening where the anode rod screws into and rinse out the tank. If the treads are rusted on the anode rod you can take a wire brush to clean them, for the treads in the tank you will need a 3/4-14 pipe tap to clean them. I wish they would go back to how pictures were posted in the past
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tsherv Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24 Mar 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 35	Posted: 17 Apr 2017 at 9:26pm
	I recently purchased a very nice 2014 R-Pod 179 that has had very little use. The seller seemed like a "straight shooter" and maintained the camper well. He told me that when he bought the camper new, he turned on the water heater before there was water in it and burned out the element. He said he took it back to the dealership and had everything replaced. During my inspection, I failed to open up the exterior hatch for the water heater. Tonight I was working on the camper (it's still winterized) and I opened the exterior hatch for the water heater, and what I saw concerned me. There was a bunch of "charred" looking flakes at the bottom of the exterior panel. There was a rusty "rod" (looks like a meat thermometer that was laying unscrewed from the bottom of the water heater tank. There was a hole in the bottom of the tank (where the rod screws into) that look very rusted. Here's my questions: 1) why would that rod be removed? 2) why would everything be so rusted? 3) What would all of the flakes be from? I took a picture but can't seem to attach it to this post. Any advice would be appreciated!