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What's
Included
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- a .84-inch-diameter (one-third more anode than what usually
comes with a 6-year-warranty water heater) segmented magnesium
combination (also known as outlet) anode
rod (about 12 inches of overhead clearance needed)
- pipe-thread seal tape
- service sticker
- instructions
This kind
of anode screws into the hot-water port and can either replace
another combo rod or augment a hex-head anode. Fits all residential
water heaters with 3/4-inch plumbing.
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What
Does It Do?
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- The anode will keep your tank from rusting and breaking.
- The tape will enable you to remove the anode in future to
check it.
- The sticker will help you remember when you installed it.
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Tools
Needed
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Pipe wrench.
For further details, check out the Tools
page and Know-How.
A Warning
If you buy
one of these, don't play with it. These are regular anodes that
have been milled down to the core wire on a lathe. That wire can
be bent and straightened about three times, then it snaps.
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Return
Policy
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Merchandise
in original condition can usually be returned for a full refund
of the purchase price, not including shipping. E-mail mail@waterheaterrescue.com
for instructions and authorization.
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Ordering
Details
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The products
offered here are designed to make water heaters last longer, or
solve specific problems. Installation is potentially do-it-yourself,
but if you have the least doubt about your abilities, we suggest
that you obtain expert help.
Remember also
that if you have difficulties with installation, odds are that a
professional or handyman will know a way to do it.
Shipping is
by UPS within the contiguous United States. UPS does not deliver
to post boxes. Allow up to a about week for delivery. Hawaii and
Alaska are only served by Priority Mail and can use a post box.
If you are in CANADA, go to our
PayPal Standard cart and order from there.
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Important:
Before You Order
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If you contemplate
adding an anode to a new tank, make sure both rods are of the same
metal. Otherwise,
the magnesium rod will be consumed more rapidly
in the presence of an aluminum one and
you won't get as long a life. How do you tell them apart? An aluminum
hex head will be flat on top, while a magnesium rod will have a
bump, as in the photo above. The exception to that is Rheem and
its sub-brands, Ruud/Richmond/General Electric. As far as we know,
Rheem always uses magnesium even though there is no bump on top
of its anodes. On the other hand, if the tank is five years old
or more, having dissimilar metals is less of an issue, since the
original one will likely be largely consumed.
Also tell us
the brand of your heater.
If you have
any doubts about what you're ordering, be sure and e-mail your
questions to us. We want you to order only what you need!
mail@waterheaterrescue.com
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Price: $59
SKU9
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