Corro-Protec Powered Anode Rod for Water Heater

installed this at 6pm on a Wednesday night, by 5:30am the next morning the sulfur smell was completely cone. Very easy to install although I do have a complaint that you have to buy a 1-3/16 deepwell socket which is NOT a standard size in any of my sets of impact sockets and I found it kind of ridiculous since all the other annode rods were 1-1/16 including the one on my tank. Why make everyone buy a special size???? Other than that this works extremely well so far, let's hope it is quality and lasts.

The Corro-Protec powered anode rod works exactly as it claims. It will immediately remove the "rotten_egg" smell coming from your hot water tank. Mine was pretty terrible after installing a brand new water heater 6 mos. earlier. My well water was reacting with the factory installed magnesium anode. This was causing bacteria to proliferate in the water heater and creating an obnoxious sulfur smell. Within 12 hours of swapping out the anodes the smell was completely gone. This product really works well and is worth everything I spent on it! It also has a 20yr. Warranty!! Very nice. There are some really big cons if you want to do it yourself, as I did. First problem was getting the existing anode out. It can be very challenging. It takes a special 1-1/16" 6-point socket to extract the factory installed anode. I couldn't budge it beating on my 1/2" breaker bar to loosen it. I had to finally put my 1/2" impact driver to use to get it to free up. Note: impact sockets wont fit in the anode recess. It has to be a thin wall socket. 2nd issue is extracting the anode from the tank. I did not have enough ceiling room to fully remove the factory anode. I literally had to cut it and remove as 2 pieces. I used a powered hacksaw and it took 10 minutes to do so. The last issue could be that you may need to get 110v power closer to where your tank is located. This unit has to remain plugged in to function. If you have the proper equipment needed that I mentioned above you can save a considerable amount of money in this doing yourself. My cost $185.00 Quoted price by plumber $500.00

It clearly states in the ad that you will need a 1-3/16 socket to install this, no it does not come with it. I did not have any luck with local hardware stores so had to buy it online. This rod works wonders. In 24 hours my hot water went from from scrambled egg wet fart to fresh and clean smelling water. Install was super easy. Make sure you also have a 1-1/16 socket to remove old rod and maybe a torque gun to remove. Do not use torque gun to install new anode.

Ok so we moved to a new house with septic and well water, which I have never had before. The previous owner got septic cleaned one day before handing us the house. First day, we noticed a fowl smell in the sink, a friend who has well and septic said it might be coming from septic since they just cleaned it, give it a few days. I did, nothing changed. Then I decided to call a well company to come check the water, now sadly we didn't have a water filter in our basement, just a water softner system. So the well company said smell might be from bacteria in the system, you need filters, reverse osmosis preferably, but if not, at least a nano filter 0.01 microns to filter out the bacteria. Sounded convincing, but from the 2 quotes we got, one was 16,000 for a rolls Royce of water filters, and one was 9000 for the nano, we settled for that and got it done and also got a bigger water softner. They bleached the system before installing so they could kill all bacteria in pipe lines. Took 8 hours, installed everything and went, smell immediately went away, only to return after 2 to 3 days. Can't explain the feeling. I have to admit that when I smelled the water on first day, I googled it and found that hot water heater has sacrificial anode rods and they go bad and I could either replace it with another 30 buck rod, or get titanium which last long and costs 80 bucks OR get corro-protec and I also watched the installation video, so I kind of knew I need to do this but was waiting for a professional to tell me that, which didn't happen. The well company sold me filter and all, and then when smell came back, they said I need a chlorone injector for my filter (another 2500 bucks). I said NO. Because i don't want chlorine in my drinking water if possible. Then I looked for a plumber who could replace my anode rod in water heater with corro-protec. Found one and they said they can come next morning OR a week later, so I quickly searched and found same day delivery on Amazon. So I i gave them a go ahead for next morning. Next morning plumber comes and inspected the smell and said that's not coming from water heater, if you have a well, it's coming from there. (Another expert not telling me to install this). I said to him, I spoke to your company and they sent you here to replace the anode rod and flush my system ($700 BTW), so do it. He said I am trying to save you money, this will not solve your problem. I said I don't want to save money and am not asking your opinion, please replace this if you can, otherwise I'll look for someone else. Can you imagine the dilemma? This is me, with my google research, after spending 9000 dollars on a well water filteration system telling another expert that I want you to charge me the 700 bucks even if it doesn't help. Well he flushed the water heater, took out the anode rod (check the picture of how yuck it looks), and installed corro-protec. It took about an hour for the water to heat up but when I opened the faucets the smell was gone. Zero sulphur smell. I wanted to make sure I wait a few days before I do my happy dance and post this review. It's been over a week and it is working like a charm. It still sucks that no experts recommend this product, but end of the day, here's a reason for us to take so much time to post reviews. I am pretty handy but I didn't want to mess with my 17 year old hot water heater and mess up something big time so decided to use a professional company. Best money spent. Highly recommend this product for those with similar use cases. Good luck

After a random video on yt about water heaters, I decide to check my own. Yeah, I needed a new one. After searching for a regular anode rod, I came upon a video with the corro-protec. I researched more and more about it and I was sold. I didn’t see any real negatives about it and purchased it the same day. Installation was easy, just follow directions and it should be no problem. I think many people don’t know what an anode rod is and located inside the water heater. I didn’t. I know it needs to be flushed once in a while. I did have to change the thermocouple which died in in the middle of winter. The price is high compared to a normal anode rod but in my opinion worth it. The 20 year warranty is awesome. The thought of possibly of not changing it in 20 years is a bonus. I’ve heard customer service is good also. And to keep my water for a bit longer is good too. All in all this device uses simple science to combat corrosion and smell in a water heaters. It is very useful to a home product which is taken for granted and hardly even thought of. This is an excellent product and should be a good replacement for older water heaters and even newer ones without the worry of changing the original one every 5 to 6 years. I’ve heard people needed to change the replacement earlier. Depends on water conditions and where the water comes from I guess. Okay, that’s it. Highly recommended!

Only 4 stars for now because I don’t know about the long term protection of the tank as claimed. However, it is 100% on removing the sulfur smell that my well water had. That alone is worth the price.

Excellent instruction and easy to swap out the standard one with this one. I just installed a new water heater as my old one started leaking. After research, I found the new ones with a much longer warranty had the same components and the only real difference was the powered anode rod. For example "For a brand-new Rheem you likely want to last 15–20+ years, Corro-Protec’s 40-89 gallon standard model is the safest, most prevalent choice—strong warranty, proven results, and good support justify the extra cost for most people. It’s widely installed on similar Rheem electrics with positive outcomes." I also found "adding a powered rod will not void the warranty (powered anodes are generally compatible under U.S. law)". I thought I'd have to add a new outlet, but the power cord was plenty long enough to reach an existing outlet. installation was very easy except for removing the existing anode rod. They must have installed it with 3 people pulling on the wrench because it took way more effort than I expected to remove it. Installing the Corro-Protect rod was much easier. The fact that it extends above the top of the water heater by a few inches meant I cound use a regular adjustable wrench and not need to find a correct sized socket to install it. The green light on the power supply is a nice indicator that everything is working.

Istalled in a new AO Smith water heater, after using an extreme impact wrench to remove the factory install anode. One it was out the install was easy. The odors disappeared in less than an hour. Highly recommend this product.

We spent a lot of time and money to get rid of the rotten egg smell at our new cottage. I was so mad and felt so sick everytime the water was used, I had to leave! We had replaced the anode in the new hot water tank, we attached an inline filter, we tried a filter at the kitchen tap, dropped a chlorine tablet into the tank and when that didn't work we tried pouring a bottle of hydrogen peroxide but the smell was still bad! We never thought we'd fix this until we decided on the corro anode! It just worked! No smell!!! NONE! It was easy to put in, it took away the extreme odour that came from the hot water almost immediately. We are ecstatic, over the moon! I almost never went back to the cottage until the Corro-Protec. AMAZING PRODUCT!

I tried everything under the sun to get rid of the foul rotten eggs smell in my hot water: filters with UV lamps, flushing the tank, sterilized it, increase temperature, aluminum anode, nothing worked more than a few days. Installed this product, was very easy ( you will need an impact gun with the proper socket of 1 1/16 for the original anode and 1 3/16 to install this product), but it worked, the very first day. Been enjoying smell free water for a week now and feel totally satisfied with this anode. Stop wasting your time with useless tricks from the web, if your well water has sulfur smell, install one of these on any brand new water heater and call it a day.

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L' an passé, à l'achat d'un chauffe-eau neuf d'une marque renommé et bien installé, les couchemares sont apparus. Senteurs d'oeufs pourris, l'anode corrodé au max, ce qui a fait dégradé les éléments chauffant à un tel point qu'ils ont cessé de fonctionner complètement, et beaucoups de rouille qui sortaient des robinets. Alors, pour remédier à tout ces problèmes, j'ai tout remplacé. J'ai fais l'achat de cette merveilleuse anode électrique, et deux bons éléments chauffant. Depuis ce temps, il n'y a plus de mauvaise senteur, n'y de rouille qui sort des robinets. Je suis vraiment satisfait de l'efficacité des ces bons produits. Je les recommande à tous.

This product is an incredible piece of engineering!! My well water is quite nasty with iron being high along with some iron bacteria also some calcium. When I used the standard sacrificial aluminum anode rod that is standard in each hot water tank to protect your heating elements, they get eaten away badly, and had to be replaced every year!! ! Every year I drained my hot water tank to flush and clean, it has been a nightmare !! The anode rode had so much buildup on it, I could barely pull it out of the tank . The worst part is the hours of time it took to remove all the accumulation of chunks of calcium and other alien looking crud in the bottom of the tank. A very tricky job with a shop vacuum and pressure washer !!! Too much to explain, but a very effective method . Albeit, a very labour intensive and time consuming job. I hated the thought of doing it each year because I knew what I was in for. NOT ANYMORE!!! Today was the “acid test” to see if this Corro-Protec electric anode rod stood up to the claims. Well did it stand up !! Nothing in that tank other than a bit of rust residue on the bottom of the tank which was easily washed away. My hot water tank job took me less than an hour after the water had drained out compared to the regular 5-6 hours before!!! This corro-Protec is nothing short of amazing from my experience. If you go through the same BS I do with tough well water, you definitely will not regret buying this product. I’d give the product 10 stars if I could.