Water Heater Odor Killer

Figure 3 typical gas water heater cut away showing anode rod and cold water dip tube.

Water heater odor killer.

Re connect the hot water supply line to the hot water outlet on the water heater. Pouring some hydrogen peroxide may help dissipate the odor. If the odor hot side only goes away the odor was due to srb s. The water heater odor killer is a special type of chemically resistant rusco filter housing.

Pour a to 1 gallon of bleach into the water heater through the hot water outlet opening. There is a link between your water heater and the odor. I need to know how much chlorine i ll need to add. This issue usually happens when warm water is left too long in the tank and bacteria builds up in the water.

The metal rod in the heater tank. A relatively easy test to determine if the water heater tank contains srb s is to raise the temperature to 140f or higher for 48 hours which will kill the bacteria. If corroded replace with a new aluminum zinc anode rod which will create fewer odors. If not it is due to the anode rod reaction.

When completed correctly this process can also kill most bacteria. You are most likely on well water and there is a bacteria known as srb sulfate reducing bacteria that gets into water heaters and. Use water heater odor killer kit 6. Turn on water supply and draw water at each hot water faucet in the residence until a chlorine odor is noticed.

You indicated in a recent column that it was possible to kill bacteria in a hot water system by pouring chlorine bleach into the water heater. There is hardly a person who has never come across the notorious rotten egg odor that heaters tend to produce sooner or later. The tank holds too much water for the odor to flush out quickly. A heater producing smelly water is an everyday problem we have all encountered.

All you have to do to kill the odors is to unscrew the filter housing pour in hydrogen peroxide and turn water back on. It results from the reaction of anaerobic bacteria which lives in the water inside the heater and the magnesium or aluminum of its sacrificial anode i e. This smell is typically caused by sulfate bacteria that can develop within the tank. Keep in mind this will temporarily remove the odor until the water heater sits for a long period of time then the odor will return.

Once the chlorine odor is. Lastly occasionally bacteria can build up in the basin overflow.