042: Prolonging Hot Water Tanks and Saving Money on Tools

Do you know how elongate the life span of a hot water tank?   Check on the anode rod. What the heck is an anode rod? It’s inside your hot water tank and is sacrificed instead of the tank itself. Once the anode is shot that’s when the water starts to eat the tank.   Rheem recommends inspecting the anode once a year and has specific instructions on how to know when it needs to be replaced.   Here are the resources I mention    http://www.wh2only.com/assets/pdf/Rheem_Training_Manual.pdf   http://www.rheem.com/docs/FetchDocument.aspx?ID=aedbbc95-9a6b-4780-aa23-b0ed9abe41cd   Many thanks to Steve who forwarded these links.       Today’s Quick Tip is about saving money on Amazon when buying power tools. Stuart over on Toolguyd.com shared the latest tool savings deal that’s available   http://toolguyd.com/bosch-cordless-amazon-discount-052015/   Any day you can save money on power tools is a good day.       Do you have a DIY question? Submit it by…   Calling me at 800-965-0023   Visiting http://www.homerepairtutor.com/podcast/ and use the SpeakPipe recorder   Or signing up to my email newsletter and responding back to me       Does your bathroom need help?   Check out Bathroom Repair Tutor   http://bathroomrepairtutor.com/   Our memberships are limited to 100 people on a monthly basis. You get access to the video tutorial library and our great private Facebook group where you can post questions and get answers.      This is a passion project meant to help people with their bathroom problems, hope you like it