Re: Hotwater tank anode
asm283 <no_reply@...>
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 oldI am about to replace the anode. The instructions that came with theboat are actually for a different Nautic model but recommend that the anodebe changed annually. Amel told me it wasnt strictly necessary tochange so often unless we had been using shore power all the time, which wehavent been .from the tank, slacken off the two stainless fixing bands so that you canmove the tank sufficiently to remove the plastic cover on the base whereuponall will be revealed, and that then it´s just a matter of undoing a nut inthe bottom of the tank , removing the stub of the old anode and replacing thenew one.( I´m assuming that I will find that the anode has its own accesshole into the tank and that it´s not , for instance, part of the heaterelement fixing)problems or tips that you should look out for, I should be interested tohear. Thanks, Ian Jenkinstoday! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger
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