Hi Ian,
I am seriously contemplating the same task on SM331. Where did you
get your hot water heater anode? Is this something you can pick up at
West Marine or another special order item?

Ed Steele
DoodleBug

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

Thanks Vito, you werent kidding about the mess!What a lousy

design..why

couldnt they just have the anode on its own screw in from the

outside....the

good news however was that the existing anode was only about half

used,

after three years and about 18 months aboard.I´ll look again in

2006!Ian

From: asm283 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
Reply-To: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com
To: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Hotwater tank anode
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 13:54:02 -0000

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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