John_Jacob
New Member
I have a 4 year old nat. gas John Wood JW840S40N water heater. I went to inspect the anode but when I unscrewed it, the support wire separated from the magnesium anode leaving the anode behind in the tank. I believe the anode is 'rusted' tight to the insertion hole.
Questions are;
1) looking through the manual/internet, it's not apparent that I can take the top off the water heater or somehow disassemble it to get greater access to the anode so I can pull it out through the hole. Does anyone have experience with this and is the solution disassembly?
2) Assuming I can't remove the anode, I suppose an alternative is to 'poke' the anode into the tank and insert a brand new one. Is this approach a problem health wise? I assume that the Fe-Mg ion exchange only happens so quickly and that the presence of double the magnesium in the water tank won't be an health issue? Does anyone have any experience or knowledge on this?
3) any other possible solutions? It's under warranty for another year so but I suspect a service call of $xxx is not.
Thanks for any assistance.
Questions are;
1) looking through the manual/internet, it's not apparent that I can take the top off the water heater or somehow disassemble it to get greater access to the anode so I can pull it out through the hole. Does anyone have experience with this and is the solution disassembly?
2) Assuming I can't remove the anode, I suppose an alternative is to 'poke' the anode into the tank and insert a brand new one. Is this approach a problem health wise? I assume that the Fe-Mg ion exchange only happens so quickly and that the presence of double the magnesium in the water tank won't be an health issue? Does anyone have any experience or knowledge on this?
3) any other possible solutions? It's under warranty for another year so but I suspect a service call of $xxx is not.
Thanks for any assistance.