U TTW
S
ERV
I
CE PROCEDURE X
III
Anode
Inspection and replacement
S
t
e
p 1.
Position gas control power switch to the “OFF”
po
s
i
t
ion
a
nd unplug w
a
t
e
r
h
ea
t
e
r
f
r
om w
a
ll ou
t
l
e
t
.
S
t
e
p
2
.
T
u
r
n off cold w
a
t
e
r s
upply
t
o w
a
t
e
r
h
ea
t
e
r
. Conn
e
c
t
ho
s
e
t
o d
r
a
in v
a
lv
e
of w
a
t
e
r
h
ea
t
e
r
a
nd
r
ou
t
e
t
o
a
n
op
e
n d
r
a
in. Op
e
n
a
n
ea
r
by ho
t
w
a
t
e
r
f
a
uc
e
t t
o v
e
n
t
w
a
t
e
r
h
ea
t
e
r
fo
r
d
r
a
ining. Op
e
n d
r
a
in v
a
lv
e
of
w
a
t
e
r
h
ea
t
e
r
a
nd
a
llow w
a
t
e
r
h
ea
t
e
r t
o d
r
a
in
t
o
a
poin
t
b
e
low
t
h
e
ou
t
l
e
t
conn
e
c
t
ion nippl
e
.
S
t
e
p 3.
Di
s
conn
e
c
t
ou
t
l
e
t
nippl
e
f
r
om plumbing
s
y
st
e
m.
S
t
e
p 4
W
i
t
h
a
n
a
pp
r
op
r
i
a
t
e
t
ool
s
uch
a
s
a
pip
e
w
r
e
nch,
r
e
mov
e
ou
t
l
e
t
nippl
e
/
a
nod
e
f
r
om
t
h
e
w
a
t
e
r
h
ea
t
e
r
.
U
s
e
c
a
u
t
ion no
t t
o d
a
m
a
g
e
pip
e
t
h
r
ea
d
s
.
S
t
e
p 5.
Vi
s
u
a
lly in
s
p
e
c
t
ou
t
l
e
t
nippl
e
/
a
nod
e
. Ou
t
l
e
t
nippl
e
/
a
nod
e
s
hould
s
how
s
ign
s
of d
e
pl
e
t
ion,
t
hi
s
i
s
no
r
m
a
l. If d
e
pl
e
t
ion i
s
½ of
t
h
e
o
r
igin
a
l
a
nod
e
di
a
m
e
t
e
r
(
approximately ¾” diameter
),
r
e
pl
a
c
e
m
e
n
t
i
s
r
e
comm
e
nd
e
d. If
a
ny of
t
h
e
st
ee
l co
r
e
of
t
h
e a
nod
e
i
s
e
xpo
s
e
d,
r
e
pl
a
c
e
m
e
n
t
i
s r
e
comm
e
nd
e
d.
S
t
e
p 6.
U
pon compl
e
t
ion of in
s
p
e
c
t
ion o
r s
ub
s
e
qu
e
n
t r
e
pl
a
c
e
m
e
n
t
,
r
e
in
st
a
ll ou
t
l
e
t
nippl
e
/
a
nod
e
in
t
o w
a
t
e
r
h
ea
t
e
r
. Conn
e
c
t
nippl
e
t
o plumbing
s
y
st
e
m,
r
e
s
um
e
w
a
t
e
r s
upply
a
nd
r
e
fill wi
t
h w
a
t
e
r
.
S
t
e
p 7.
T
o
r
e
s
um
e
op
e
r
a
t
ion, follow
t
h
e
in
str
uc
t
ion
s
loc
a
t
e
d on
t
h
e
ligh
t
ing in
str
uc
t
ion l
a
b
e
l o
r t
h
e
ligh
t
ing
in
str
uc
t
ion
s
loc
a
t
e
d in
t
h
e
in
st
a
ll
a
t
ion
a
nd op
e
r
a
t
ion m
a
nu
a
l.
A
node
I
nspection and
R
eplacement
W
AR
N
I
N
G
W
ater Heater co
m
ponents an
d
store
d
water
m
a
y b
e HOT when perfor
m
in
g
the followin
g
steps in this proce
d
ure. Take necessar
y
precaution to prevent personal injur
y
.
P
a
g
e
34
G
a
s
C
ontrol
s
hown
in
the
“OFF”
P
o
s
ition
R
34
