Camco Aluminum Anode Rod- Extends the Life of Water Heaters by Attracting Corrosive Elements, Tank Corrosion Protection (11563), Silver

No one knows you have to replace these twice a year in a RV or trailer but super important! So easy to change it yourself. Order one before you need it!

I had no idea that travel trailer heaters required the periodic replacement of these aluminum anodes until a friend told me. My trailer was five years old already, and the original anode was still in the heater. When I took the old anode out to put in this new one, I almost could not get it out. It had partially disintegrated while doing its work. The only problem with these anodes is the difficulty of installation. The round tip that goes back into the heater is long enough and heavy enough that holding it horizontal while you start to screw it in requires a bit of hand and wrench skills. I finally inserted the hex head into a hex socket and used my ratchet wrench to screw it in. Be sure to use plumbers pipe tape on the threads before you screw the unit in to prevent water leaks around the threads.

Safety for hot water tank!

Was told we would need to replace the one that came with our new to us RV and the store wanted over 2x what this one costs. Would recommend.

Install was easy. Plastic cap cracked and blew so water heater was leaking. This went in fine but I put it in as I was winterizing my RV. Will know in the spring of 2016 if it actually works when I fill the water system back up.

Great - fit my 6 gallon heater just fine. I removed it later to drain the tank and it is definitely doing it’s job.

Super easy to install, just used a 22mm wrench. This is the second time Ive purchased, cheap way to protect my rv water heater.

Replaced the drain plug on a dometic water heater with this, no issues. Hopefully this dies to give life to my water heater.....

East to install saves hundreds of $ verses calcium build up in tang . will keep build up off of the tank allowing proper heating of water.

What can I say? Its an aluminum anode rod for an RV water heater (dont you hate it when people say hot water heater? Why would you need to heat hot water?). It fits my Atwood 6 gallon water heater, in my 10 year old Wanderer fifth wheel trailer. There you go.