Hi Ian

Replacing the anode in the hot water tank has been the messiest job I
have done so far on My SM # 283. Basically drain out as much water as
you can. Unmount the tank, unscrew the element at this point a lot of
water and rust will come out. You can controll the amount of water
that comes out and be able to capture much but not all. Remove the
element clean it, replace the zinc and reasemble. Spend the next 2
hours cleaning your engine compartment. The good thing is that your
heater will work like never before.

Vito Ciaravino
Wanderer


--- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, "Ian & Judy Jenkins"
<ianjudyjenkins@h...> wrote:

I have a Nautic 45 hotwater tank on my SM 302.Now three years old

I am

about to replace the anode. The instructions that came with the

boat are

actually for a different Nautic model but recommend that the anode

be

changed annually. Amel told me it wasnt strictly necessary to

change so

often unless we had been using shore power all the time, which we

havent

been .
I assume that to change the anode you drain down the fresh water

from the

tank, slacken off the two stainless fixing bands so that you can

move the

tank sufficiently to remove the plastic cover on the base whereupon

all will

be revealed, and that then it´s just a matter of undoing a nut in

the bottom

of the tank , removing the stub of the old anode and replacing the

new one.(

I´m assuming that I will find that the anode has its own access

hole into

the tank and that it´s not , for instance, part of the heater

element

fixing)
If anyone has already carried out this operation and knows of any

problems

or tips that you should look out for, I should be interested to

hear.

Thanks, Ian Jenkins

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