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Old 04-09-2015, 01:45 AM   #1
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Here’s my story

Here’s my story

We had so much trouble with this unit the first year we had it that I forgot about the hot water heater anode. It was about 18 months when were spending the money it took to finish this do it yourself kit that Keystone produced that we check the hot water heater like we do every year now.

The anode was all but gone. The wire that runs down the center of the zinc was exposed and there was almost no zinc left.

This prompted an inspection to determine the cause. When we found the 12V DC wires and the 110V AC wires all bundled together I pulled the battery, shut down the converter and ran all the AC equipment you can without 12V for control circuits.

We found 90V AC at the battery cables. We spent the better part of a day separating the 12V and the 110V wires as best as we could. Believe it or not the wiring in the basement and under belly is now a worse rat’s nest than it was from the factory.

This dropped the AC voltage at the battery wires to about 250 MV a very acceptable level. We installed a new hot water heater anode.

Now here we are 4 years later and 3 inspections of the Hot Water heater anode. The replacement has almost no zinc loss!!! I will not say it’s like new but has very little evidence of deterioration.

I would suggest to you folks that are having to replace the hot water heater anode every year to have a good Dc /AC/ electrical repair person take a good look at you AC / DC wiring.

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Old 04-09-2015, 02:39 AM   #2
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Sounds like you did a lot of work to fix
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Old 04-09-2015, 03:04 AM   #3
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Good advice that we will keep in mind, thanks.
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Old 04-09-2015, 04:43 AM   #4
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Excellent advise. I check mine a couple of times a year when I wash out the water heater, but I only replace it every other year and they don't really need it even then. Of course we use a water softener most of the time.
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Do-it-yourself kit. I've never heard RV's referred to in that way. What an appropriate term! I like it.
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