[C320-list] Water Heater Sacrificial Anode

[John Meyers]

Dean,

Not sure this solves your problem but ever since I learned from this group,
by the way, to use a wet/dry vac to suck the water out of the boat's fresh
water system I have not used the pink stuff in the water system. I remember
it took a long time to get the pink stuff smell from the hot water side no
matter how much pushed new water into the hot water tank.  I have had no
problem from frozen water lines either.

Hope this helps.

John Meyers
406 Wind Chime
Muskegon, MI
No Salt, Shark free, no noticeable tides, and too much ice.



On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Dean Vermeire <dean at vermeire.us> wrote:

> Hi All,
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> The hot water on our C320 smells bad.  I'm not sure I would call it a
> sulfur
> smell, but that wouldn't be too far off.  I have flushed the water tanks,
> cleaned with a bleach solution, flushed again, etc.  I do think that having
> put the pink antifreeze in for the winter has added to the problem.  The
> water at the lake where we keep our boat is undoubtedly well water, rich
> with minerals.  I do use a filter cartridge when I fill the tanks, but
> don't
> think I'd really want to drink the water anyway.
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> I have been reading a bit online, and saw references to a sacrificial anode
> for the water heater that sounds like it is what I need.
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> Do any of you have experience with this?  It looks like it just replaces
> the
> spigot on the water heater with a metal rod.
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> Any advice is appreciated.
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> Thanks,
>
> Dean Vermeire
>
> Moonstruck II (#847)
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