The latest BoatUS magazine had an article about changing your water heater anode. Here's the link:
http://www.boatus.com/magazine/2018/february/replacing-your-boats-water-heater-anode.asp Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 4:53 PM, robert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I have had my boat 12 years (seasons here in the North) with the same hot > water heater.....coolant and electric.....never knew there might be an > anode to replace. > > However, after 12 seasons by me and I don't know how many by the original > owner, I should be thinking, no planning, of replacing it. > > When I took my fuel tank outlast Fall, another story, I measured the water > tank and it will not come up from the lazarette, as is.....it is just too > big.....it would have to be either taken apart ( the outer casing from the > actual tank) or cut it up. One thing for sure, if C&C or the previous put > it in, it did not go down the lazarette the way it is put together right > now. And if you had to take it apart and put it back together when you get > it in, why would you do that in the first place. Get get a water heater > that fits down the lazarette. > > It can't be 33 years old? > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32- 84 > Halifax, N.S. > > On 2018-03-02 5:05 PM, Bruce Whitmore via CnC-List wrote: > > I recently saw an article in the Boat U.S. magazine about replacing the > sacrificial anode in boat water heaters. > > Interestingly, when we bought our boat, the water heater was not hooked up > (though the hoses were still full of antifreeze), and the water tanks were > bone dry. I think it had been that way for at least 7 years, and maybe > longer. > > I haven't checked the anode yet. > > Just curious, > > Bruce Whitmore > 1994 C&C 37/40+, "Astralis" > (847) 404-5092 (mobile) > bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://urldefense.proofpoint. > com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.paypal.me_stumurray&d=DwICAg&c= > clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r= > 9w3G7Cf8YfQnrjmtuNxwDJYr3JMv9f1pAfgAJ9xXYQQ&m=pNbdgd- > 4by7H0hlF29IJyGsXvk3KeYm4_T9BddJkhOI&s=HjSYcT_ > X4XoitRIGu0zhOvP9BbPz8e2001mwLhG5-SY&e= > > >
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