just a reminder, like smoke alarms really. Checked mine during the week, the gunk that came out was shocking. Took a while to clear it all. Only 8 months old and Im not a prolific user of the hot water, but I have been living in the caravan permanently.
interestingly, the new anode I bought as a spare is way smaller, so I'll be checking it sooner...
I must put it on my list for this week. Keep trying to remember but not working. lol
Aussie Paul.
Triple333 said
07:45 PM May 31, 2015
Laughing, I put it off for weeks on end, thinking, 'she'll be right'! Hmmmm
rockylizard said
09:12 PM May 31, 2015
Gday...
Changing the anode is definitely something that MUST be carried out at least annually. I do mine in January each year.
I must say the 8-month old anode you show in the pic is certainly not as far gone as mine is after 12 months. I think you could (and maybe should) let it go longer than 8 months next time. Just my opinion.
This pic shows one that is pretty much 'used up' ... mine, at 12 months looks about this bad. I have seen them further gone than as illustrated.
Cheers - John
Triple333 said
05:57 PM Jun 15, 2015
You may well be right John, the one before this was is dire straits. But it took an enormous amount of water to flush all the gunk out ( I was in a CP so it didn't matter!!) I would just prefer to do it more regularly and feel confident there's no big gunk globs to be flushed out, or left remaining. But I'm a clean freak cutting and polishing my van is my latest project......
just a reminder, like smoke alarms really. Checked mine during the week, the gunk that came out was shocking. Took a while to clear it all. Only 8 months old and Im not a prolific user of the hot water, but I have been living in the caravan permanently.
interestingly, the new anode I bought as a spare is way smaller, so I'll be checking it sooner...
I must put it on my list for this week. Keep trying to remember but not working. lol
Aussie Paul.
Laughing, I put it off for weeks on end, thinking, 'she'll be right'! Hmmmm
Gday...
Changing the anode is definitely something that MUST be carried out at least annually. I do mine in January each year.
I must say the 8-month old anode you show in the pic is certainly not as far gone as mine is after 12 months. I think you could (and maybe should) let it go longer than 8 months next time. Just my opinion.
This pic shows one that is pretty much 'used up' ... mine, at 12 months looks about this bad. I have seen them further gone than as illustrated.
Cheers - John