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Posted by on August 8, 2005, 1:46 pm
Group,
I bought a five year old condo for college kids. It has the original
electric water heater, with rotten egg smelling water.
The unit does not appear to have an anode.
I've tried:
- 4 cups of bleach (twice) dumped into hot water supply side, works for
a few days.
- ran max temp for several hours, did't work at all.
- flushed unit completely until water came out of the shower head cold,
worked for two days, smell is back.
The neighbors with identical units don't have the problem.
What else should I try?
Tom
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Posted by Dan C on August 8, 2005, 5:02 pm
On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 13:46:50 -0700, courir26 wrote:
> What else should I try?
Replace the water heater, obviously.
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If you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
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Posted by HeatMan on August 8, 2005, 5:09 pm
Your problem is that you don't have an anode.
Get a new WH that has an anode....
> Group,
>
> I bought a five year old condo for college kids. It has the original
> electric water heater, with rotten egg smelling water.
>
> The unit does not appear to have an anode.
>
> I've tried:
>
> - 4 cups of bleach (twice) dumped into hot water supply side, works for
> a few days.
>
> - ran max temp for several hours, did't work at all.
>
> - flushed unit completely until water came out of the shower head cold,
> worked for two days, smell is back.
>
> The neighbors with identical units don't have the problem.
> What else should I try?
>
> Tom
>
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Posted by Stretch on August 8, 2005, 5:04 pm
Try getting an aluminum anode rod. It works better for rotten egg than
standard magnesium anode rod.
On some older water heaters, the anode rod was in the hot outlet
tapping. It had the rod suspended below the tapping so water could
come out. Contact the water heater manufacturer to see if they can
help you.
Stretch
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Posted by Doug Kanter on August 8, 2005, 9:03 pm
> Group,
>
> I bought a five year old condo for college kids. It has the original
> electric water heater, with rotten egg smelling water.
>
> The unit does not appear to have an anode.
>
> I've tried:
>
> - 4 cups of bleach (twice) dumped into hot water supply side, works for
> a few days.
>
> - ran max temp for several hours, did't work at all.
>
> - flushed unit completely until water came out of the shower head cold,
> worked for two days, smell is back.
>
> The neighbors with identical units don't have the problem.
> What else should I try?
>
> Tom
>
Does it smell EVERYWHERE hot water is used, or just certain locations? If
the latter, WHICH locations?
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