How do I get rid of the sulfur smell from my hot water, just installed a new hot water tank, this smell developed after this was installed. the smell was not there with the old water heater?
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mr jacobe
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Many hot water heaters now have dissimilar metals inside which is used to attract minerals, by interchanging the atoms of one metal for minerals. This can lead to some interesting chemical interactions. Electric heaters are more prone to having issues along these lines since part of the heating element is 'sacrificed' (allowed to corrode) in order to preserve the workings. This can lead to slightly sulphurous water becoming overpoweringly so. Substituting an aluminum anode may help, but I don't know if that will affect the warranty. Without knowing what type of heater (gas or electric) and without knowing the brand I can not offer a simple solution. However since this is a new hot water heater it most likely does fall under warranty, in that case you may bet one or a few service calls and the manufacturer may have a solution to the issue. Edit addition: I have found a similar topic elsewhere which goes into better detail of what I tried to say: http://www.homekb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/repair/3311/Hot-water-sulphur-smell
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