Charlie Bosco
Active Member
I swear I've been fighting smelly water dragons for the past year. Got it under control and now lastly replace a 19 year old heater.
I actually purchased a Corro Protec powered anode in anticipation of installing the new unit.
Since I was not getting anymore sulfur smell from either the cold or the hot I decided to forego installing the anode in the new heater. Figuring if the sulfur is gone from the source why bother.
Fast forward 1 week. Hot water now has a weird smell. Not exactly like the sulfur I was battling. It's sort of like hair perm smell. Also does not linger like the sulfur smell. But still annoying as hell
So. Does the water heater make a smell out of thin air? I thought since all minute traces of sulfur are undetectable then the heater would be fine. Seems not true.
my water source is well. katalox light to catalytic Carbon to water softener
Do I just install this damn thing? I hate to fight with that anode (albeit brand new) only to end up with the same smell.
I actually purchased a Corro Protec powered anode in anticipation of installing the new unit.
Since I was not getting anymore sulfur smell from either the cold or the hot I decided to forego installing the anode in the new heater. Figuring if the sulfur is gone from the source why bother.
Fast forward 1 week. Hot water now has a weird smell. Not exactly like the sulfur I was battling. It's sort of like hair perm smell. Also does not linger like the sulfur smell. But still annoying as hell
So. Does the water heater make a smell out of thin air? I thought since all minute traces of sulfur are undetectable then the heater would be fine. Seems not true.
my water source is well. katalox light to catalytic Carbon to water softener
Do I just install this damn thing? I hate to fight with that anode (albeit brand new) only to end up with the same smell.