Zenon2cubed
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My water heater tripped the breaker out of the blue, so I figured being 10 yrs old it was time for a tune-up. I purchased an Aluminum (Aluminum Zinc actually) anode and two replacement heating elements. When I removed the anode I was surprised to see only a plug and assumed my extremely hard water had corroded the old one away entirely, we've only lived here one year so I don't know all the history of the water heater.
To my surprise we began getting an H2S smell from the hot water. I expected this couldn't be caused by the Aluminum anode so I did some looking around and found that our 125 F setting would allow SRB to proliferate so I turned up the set-point to 140+ F and warned the wife to be easy on the left handle... After a week of thermal sterilization the odour is unchanged and the water has earned the title "bog of eternal stench".
A water test is attached, I currently have just a water softener.
Any help would be appreciated.
To my surprise we began getting an H2S smell from the hot water. I expected this couldn't be caused by the Aluminum anode so I did some looking around and found that our 125 F setting would allow SRB to proliferate so I turned up the set-point to 140+ F and warned the wife to be easy on the left handle... After a week of thermal sterilization the odour is unchanged and the water has earned the title "bog of eternal stench".
A water test is attached, I currently have just a water softener.
Any help would be appreciated.