Bob from accounting
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I am planning on doing an annual replacement of my anode rode, little bit of that sulfur smell and sounds like popcorn inside the tank. Sediment needs to be flushed.
Last Jan I swapped out the rod and flushed it. It is only 4 years old with a one year anode rod. About 10 grains of hardness in our water.
Is there any resource that identifies the length of the rod you need as I forgot which one I bought last year. All the manual has is a diagram that shows the length at 58.5 inches then it also has an area which looks like it is the gas chamber which is 14 inched high. So I am mathematically concluding there is about 44" so a rod that is 44". I see I can get one that is 42" as an alternative. Does it matter? Should I be concerned if the rod touches the bottom of the tank by a few cms? Possible I have 1/2" clearance. I hate guessing. Also last time I had to cut a segment out of the rod as it was too long this time I would like to get it much closer. This leads me to believe the last one I bought as suggested by the manual was 52" which was too long. Also, this is a segmented rod due to no overhead space.
Curious if you have a go to place that identifies the correct length for a Rheem PROG40-38U RH62 EC1. Of course when I search it give me back a 52" rod which I know is wrong. I think?
Here is the link that has the manual and specs which I was striking out on.
Last Jan I swapped out the rod and flushed it. It is only 4 years old with a one year anode rod. About 10 grains of hardness in our water.
Is there any resource that identifies the length of the rod you need as I forgot which one I bought last year. All the manual has is a diagram that shows the length at 58.5 inches then it also has an area which looks like it is the gas chamber which is 14 inched high. So I am mathematically concluding there is about 44" so a rod that is 44". I see I can get one that is 42" as an alternative. Does it matter? Should I be concerned if the rod touches the bottom of the tank by a few cms? Possible I have 1/2" clearance. I hate guessing. Also last time I had to cut a segment out of the rod as it was too long this time I would like to get it much closer. This leads me to believe the last one I bought as suggested by the manual was 52" which was too long. Also, this is a segmented rod due to no overhead space.
Curious if you have a go to place that identifies the correct length for a Rheem PROG40-38U RH62 EC1. Of course when I search it give me back a 52" rod which I know is wrong. I think?
Here is the link that has the manual and specs which I was striking out on.