About Fluid | MAGNESIUM Flexible Anode Rod, INCLUDES 1-1/16" Hex Socket, Complete Kit for Water Heaters | Teflon Tape | Hi Temp Brass Cap | Easy-To-Follow, Step-By-Step Instructions | 44 Inches Long.
- KIT INCLUDES! (1) HEX-TYPE ANODE ROD, most water heaters use this kit’s ¾ NPT Anode Rod (2) BRASS CAP, just in case you don’t trust your drain valve to shut completely (3) HARD-TO-FIND 1-1/16”, 6-POINT DEEP-WELL CHROME VANADIUM SOCKET, fits both your old and your new anode (4) PIPE SEALING TEFLON TAPE, with plenty left over for the next time you check your anode’s condition (5) INSTRUCTIONS. All you provide is a ½ Inch Ratchet or Breaker Bar, a friend and your favorite beverage! (not included)..
- WATER HEATERS BURST AND YOU CAN PREVENT THIS! I began my plumbing apprenticeship in the 90s. The plumbers I worked for would say “they must place a self-destructing device in water heaters, timed to go off just after the warranty is over,” then shake their heads as we dragged a 7-year-old, rusty-sludge-spewing water heater away to the nearest recycling center. The plumbers weren’t entirely wrong, they just got it backwards. Next>.
- WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Manufactures install an anode rod in every water heater at the factory because they know their tanks will quickly rust and fail without one. The anode rod takes the destruction from a chemical process called electrolysis so the tank doesn’t have to. If the water heater....