Eliminated sulfur smell in hot water in one day!
So happy I purchased this Corro Protec powered titanium water heater anode!!! I read numerous blog sites, where people were able to reduce their sulfur smell (but not eliminate it) by installing magnesium anode rods. So my logic was, if I spend $60 on a magnesium rod and it doesn't eliminate the smell, I'm going to have to spend even MORE money to go to the powered anode rod. Thus, I purchased the Corro Protec and didn't even bother trying the magnesium rod. And boy oh boy, am I happy I went with the powered rod!!! I installed it, and within 2 hours, the sulfur smell was almost completely gone. At 6 hours there was just a *hint* of a sulfur smell - but it could have just been that I had become accustomed to the smell (sort of a Pavlov's dog effect in my brain) LOL. But the next morning (which was about 20 hours after the install) there was ZERO smell to my hot water. How refreshing to take a shower without that rotten egg smell. Or doing laundry with no sulfur smell... or the dishwasher...!!! I installed this on a 2015 AO Smith ENT50 50-gallon water heater. I had to use a dremel tool to enlarge the sheet metal around the old anode rod (you need a 1.375" socket to install the powered anode rod, and a 1.0625" to remove the old anode rod). But other than that, the installation was simple. The directions were simple. I am not a plumber, so I had to purchase the correct size sockets - but even being a NOOB, it only took about an hour to install. But 45 minutes of that time, was grinding the sheet metal hole larger so the sockets would fit. (In other words, this only takes 15 minutes to install if your hole in the sheet metal is already large enough for the sockets) Just can't emphasize how pleased I am with the results of this - HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY!!!
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