Water heater smells like rotten-eggs

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    • 28 Jul 2003 at 7:46 pm #276796
      Avatar photoRon Desroches
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      I have two water heaters. ONLY THE ONE that supplies most of the house smells. It is a new water heater (GE) The old one had that smell also. We replaced it thinking this would solve the problem, but it didn’t. The other one that does not smell is about 5 years old. We have a well. What can we do?

    • 29 Jul 2003 at 5:27 pm #294807
      Avatar photoGarySlusser
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      Water treatment dealers deal with this all the time.

      Obviously you have some sulfate in the water and some sulfate reducing bacteria (nonharmful). Turn the temp up to 140f or remove the magnesium anode rod (voids waranty) or replace it with an aluminum rod.

      You should drain and flush the tanks and then sanitize them. You can find out how to do that by searching ither the web or newsgroups at http://www.google.com.

      Gary
      Quality Water Associates

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