Gas water heater about 2 years old.
Can t remove anode from water heater.
Check anode rods every three to five years.
Replacing the anode rod in a water heater before it fails can slow down corrosion inside the tank and significantly extend the life of the water heater sometimes even doubling it.
Connect the female end of a garden hose to the threaded drain fitting located near the bottom of the tank.
With a water heater that sounds like it is over 20 years old it might make sense to simply replace it.
My well water gives my hot water the nasty smell so i want to replace the anode rod.
Replace them as needed but never remove one without installing a new rod.
You have certainly given it the effort to remove that stubborn anode rod.
1 turn off the gas to the hot water heater or turn off the breaker at the.
How to remove an anode from a hot water heater 1.
Turn off the valve supplying fuel to a gas hot water heater or turn off the power supplying electrical hot water.
More intensive effort could very well damage the unit.
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