A little preface to this. I bought a house about 3 years ago that was neglected and I've been fighting with continuing problems since, one of which is water with a high sulfur/hydrogen sulfide content. I've done everything to the well short of digging a new one and my most recent change was to the water heater by replacing the anode rod.That brings me to my question. I have a Bradford White Defender water heater(40gal if that matters). I paid a plumber to come in and change from the magnesium rod to a hybrid aluminum rod. I've done it on several water heaters in the past but since this was a practically new water heater from right after I moved in I wanted a plumber to do it to maintain the warranty(paranoia I suppose). The problem never lessened. Now I've never worked on a Bradford but in the past every water heater I've used had a port up top with a plastic cap on it that you pulled and had to dig out the insulation to get to the anode. I never thought to check his work as I just had a family member here to supervise while I was at work...but checking this evening the cap had not been removed and the insulation is still intact under it.I guess my question boils down to, with a Bradford heater, is there a different method to changing the anode rod or did I get screwed by my plumber? via /r/DIY https://ift.tt/327t25X
