Comment on Element in water heater died; less than two months old.
atlas@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks agoThe sacrificial anode is there to protect the steel tank. It lasts a long time. This is a hard water problem as everyone else is saying, and a water softener would solve the issue.
-plumber
Pzulu@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Steel tank, not copper?
atlas@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Steel tanks, that’s why the sacrificial anode is there so the water eats it away instead of the tank.
ikidd@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
In NA, steel is standard. I’ve never seen a copper hotwater tank in Canada. I think that used to be somewhat common in Europe, but copper is freakin’ expensive now so that’s gone by the wayside, as well.