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wingnut2312
Senior Member Joined: 25 Aug 2013 Location: MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 231 |
Topic: anode rod replacement Posted: 22 Jan 2014 at 12:25pm |
Just wondering how do you know when it needs to be replaced? We purchased the pod in Sept '13 and have only had it out twice. I realize that our anode is fine, but what does it look like when it's finished?
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2014 rpod 182G
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 22 Jan 2014 at 1:19pm |
Found this on the net, a picture is worth a thousand words. |
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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wingnut2312
Senior Member Joined: 25 Aug 2013 Location: MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 231 |
Posted: 22 Jan 2014 at 2:08pm |
Thanks!! Mine looks like the top one. At least I know what to look for now
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2014 rpod 182G
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ron_whitt
Senior Member Joined: 08 Sep 2011 Location: Chesterville On Online Status: Offline Posts: 261 |
Posted: 23 Jan 2014 at 1:59pm |
Doug ours is going on 3yr now and is in between those two anodes. Just wondering if I should replace it this spring when the pod comes out of hibernation?
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Ron & Shirley
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 23 Jan 2014 at 3:02pm |
I'd buy another to hold on to, as cheap as they are. Check your existing one mid-summer, and again when you winterize next fall, replacing at that point no matter what. |
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3252 |
Posted: 26 Jan 2014 at 8:31pm |
Wow, the "used" anode must have had some outside help like chemicals found in city water or something else like it. We have had our 177 for three years now, mainly use simple well water and by the looks of it, should last at least a couple more years.
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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dsmiths
Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Location: Southern Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 866 |
Posted: 26 Jan 2014 at 8:45pm |
we will be going into season 4 this coming summer. when I winterize I always pull and inspect the anode. this last fall I had about 50 % metal left on it. I will probably replace it in the fall 2014.
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Dane and Donna Smith
2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
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