Your profile says 2016 Forester. As far as I remember 2016 Forester's have an Atwood water heater with aluminum tank. That does not require an anode rod. Do you have a suburban water heater?
Your profile says 2016 Forester. As far as I remember 2016 Forester's have an Atwood water heater with aluminum tank. That does not require an anode rod. Do you have a suburban water heater?
No, it has an Atwood water heater. The anode I just removed is well worn which indicates to me that it should have one.
The following is directly taken from Atwood website, "Your Atwood Water Heater is made of a special aluminum alloy that does not require the use of an anode rod. Even though there are people who may tell you an anode rod is required you should not use one in our product it can actually harm the tank and would not be beneficial. If you are under warranty adding an anode rod will void your warranty.*"
I agree, no anode in Atwood water heaters. Our 2016 Forester is two years old now and the Atwood water heater has worked flawlessly without an anode. We just have a white plastic plug, which is removed when draining .
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1968 tent trailer
1985 Jamboree 23 ft
1997 Minnie Winnie 25 Ft
2016 Forester 3171DS (ordered March & arrived June 2015)
You may be using the wrong terminology. Attwood heaters only having a "heating element" and not an "anode". I recently replaced my failed heating element on my 6 gal Attwood water heater with this model. it is a little longer than the original but has the same 1400 watt rating.
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