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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Topic: water heater Posted: 26 Sep 2018 at 4:58pm |
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I never clean the anode rod. As long as water is in the WH, the anode rod is working. So if you let water set in tank between trips the rod is doing it's job. If you have a high sulphate bacteria count the rod will deteriorate faster. Aftermarket is not important, more important if the rod is magnesium or aluminum, depending upon your water conditions.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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TheBum
Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407 |
Posted: 26 Sep 2018 at 3:59pm | |
I didn't figure there would be a problem, but one or two reviewers on Amazon complained that the thread size was wrong. I was able to order a 2-pack for the price of a single Suburban-branded one. |
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod" 2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4 Three cats |
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Ben Herman
Senior Member Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Location: Gr Junction, CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 355 |
Posted: 26 Sep 2018 at 3:45pm | |
Should be fine, its a generic item. I've even gotten them at local hardware stores.
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marwayne
Senior Member Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1002 |
Posted: 26 Sep 2018 at 3:29pm | |
I don't travel with water, and empty all water before we head home
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If you want something done right, do it yourself.
2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
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TheBum
Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407 |
Posted: 26 Sep 2018 at 2:19pm | |
Has anybody bought aftermarket anode rods? Did you have any problems with them?
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod" 2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4 Three cats |
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TheBum
Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407 |
Posted: 26 Sep 2018 at 2:10pm | |
We got a little over two years out of our first one, but that's with only taking the Pod out a few times a year. I finally had to replace it before a rally this past weekend.
I don't clean off the anode rod when checking it because I want to keep as much of the sacrificial magnesium on it as possible. |
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod" 2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4 Three cats |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 26 Sep 2018 at 1:53pm | |
You must have some very soft water up where you live. Mine don't last that long.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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marwayne
Senior Member Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1002 |
Posted: 26 Sep 2018 at 12:15pm | |
If you want something done right, do it yourself.
2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
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Ben Herman
Senior Member Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Location: Gr Junction, CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 355 |
Posted: 26 Sep 2018 at 11:54am | |
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grizwalsh
Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 2018 Location: b.c Online Status: Offline Posts: 35 |
Posted: 26 Sep 2018 at 11:41am | |
Me Again---Does anyone clean the crap off the anode rod with a wire brush or do you just replace it--mine isn't even a year old yet and I'm not sure what they're supposed to look like---Also--do you ever inspect the heating element? In my area there is a lot of calcium in the water and I have to take them out and use a wire brush on my home water heater elements |
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