Yahoo Message Number: 12540 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/12540)
The Anode Rod that was installed is made of Magnesium and is specifically designed for the aluminum Atwood Water Heaters according to the Camco package. The professors that were cleaning their heater showed me the one that they had installed two years previously. It came out easily and had deteriorated enough that they were putting in a new one. They are not cheap, around $18 each. Their 2002 Allure was built around the same time as mine. They installed the first one when new. John
2002 Allure
#30702
Yahoo Message Number: 12547 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/12547)
John
specifically designed for the aluminum Atwood Water Heaters according to the Camco package.
This is cut & pasted from the Atwood web site:
The casing of every Atwood electric water heater is constructed from corrosion resistant materials and the non stainless steel models are carefully painted to stand up against the most cor-rosive marine environments. Special attention to detail on edges and corners helps assure greater handling safety. The Atwood tank is constructed of high strength aluminum core with a bonded corrosion fighting cladding material on the interior surface to assure a long life. This eliminates the need for an anode and it?s annual replacement.
I tend to believe the manf. over a vendor just trying to sell you something.
Being a professor doesn't make you an RV expert.
Terry
99 Magna 5703
Never had/needed an anode.
Yahoo Message Number: 12548 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/12548)
Terry, you echoed "officially" what we had learned, too...No anode needed by our Atwood heaters...ours has been great for 4 years. No trouble and we're fulltiming, so it's used a lot.
Jan McNeill, Fulltimer
2001 Intrigue 11320
-
Yahoo Message Number: 12550 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/12550)
Jan
ours has been great for 4 years. No trouble and we're fulltiming, so it's used a lot. Jan McNeill, Fulltimer Us to...and we are closing in on 6 years.
Terry
99 Magna 5703
Yahoo Message Number: 12551 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/12551)
Thanks for all the posts, if I hadn't seen the deterioration of the anode in the professors coach, I wouldn't have done it. There have been some posts in the past of people with holes in their water heaters leading to replacement. I don't know if they are the same type. Mine had about 1/2 inch of calcium based setiment in the bottom below the drain line. Our Arizona water is among the worst! I will let you know if problems result in the future with the anode.
John
2002 Allure
#30702