wb2vsj
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2010
- Location
- Apex, North Carolina - USA
My mother has been complaining about her hot water getting that rotten egg odor every few months. (Cold water is fine) When that happens, I used to flush a few cup of bleach into the system. She has a well, and I just fill the sediment filter with bleach and let it run to the house. I let it go into the hot water tank and let it sit there for a hour or so then I run the hot water until the bleach smell is gone.
Today I did a bit of investigation
Here's the scenario.
- Electric Water heater about 2.5 years old. Lowes 38 Gallon envirotemp. (the square cabinet looking one)
- Well water, Water softener inline.
- She is the only one living there, so not a lot of hot water gets used.
- Have not done a "professional" water analysis yet to see what's in the water. That's on the agenda
I removed the anode and here is what I saw.
Electric Water Heater pictures by wb2vsj - Photobucket
According to the manual (and what I saw stamped on the head of the anode) it looks to be Aluminum. That leaves me in a dilemma - I was hoping to replace it with an aluminum one since I heard they were less "stinky"
Back to square one.
I could take the easy route and call the "Culligan" guy and spend $$$ and get it fixed.
Have any of you had hydrogen sulfide removal systems put in and how did they work? Mom likes her well water and would rather not use a chlorine injection system in the long run.
Thanks
Walt
Today I did a bit of investigation
Here's the scenario.
- Electric Water heater about 2.5 years old. Lowes 38 Gallon envirotemp. (the square cabinet looking one)
- Well water, Water softener inline.
- She is the only one living there, so not a lot of hot water gets used.
- Have not done a "professional" water analysis yet to see what's in the water. That's on the agenda
I removed the anode and here is what I saw.
Electric Water Heater pictures by wb2vsj - Photobucket
According to the manual (and what I saw stamped on the head of the anode) it looks to be Aluminum. That leaves me in a dilemma - I was hoping to replace it with an aluminum one since I heard they were less "stinky"
Back to square one.
I could take the easy route and call the "Culligan" guy and spend $$$ and get it fixed.
Have any of you had hydrogen sulfide removal systems put in and how did they work? Mom likes her well water and would rather not use a chlorine injection system in the long run.
Thanks
Walt