InstaHot Water Smells Sulfurous - Yuk

[txfulltimers]

Howdy.
The hot water from the InstaHot water heater smells nasty, like sulfur aka rotten eggs. Any ideas as to how to remedy this?

TIA,
Jack Pearce
Regards,
Jack and Liz Pearce
Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40
D'Hanis, TX Winter
Buena Vista, CO Summer

[Markus Meyer]

Does it have an anode rod? If so, that's probably corroded, and has been doing its job.



http://www.waterheaterrescue.com/pages/W...nodes.html



Markus

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From: jacklizpearce@...
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:01:58 +0000
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] InstaHot Water Smells Sulfurous - Yuk

Howdy.
The hot water from the InstaHot water heater smells nasty, like sulfur aka rotten eggs. Any ideas as to how to remedy this?

TIA,
Jack Pearce
Regards,
Jack and Liz Pearce
Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40
D'Hanis, TX Winter
Buena Vista, CO Summer

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[Ernie Ekberg]

Liz, you are going to have to run a LOT of water thru that unit. I know whenever Brenda wants to use ours, I really have to run lots of water thru it. Ernie Ekberg 83PT40 Wanderlodge Weatherford, Tx 817-475-3991 www.ernieekbergflooring.net --- On Sun, 7/25/10, txfulltimers wrote: From: txfulltimers Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] InstaHot Water Smells Sulfurous - Yuk To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 8:01 PM Howdy. The hot water from the InstaHot water heater smells nasty, like sulfur aka rotten eggs. Any ideas as to how to remedy this? TIA, Jack Pearce Regards, Jack and Liz Pearce Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40 D'Hanis, TX Winter Buena Vista, CO Summer

[Roger W Webb]

One potential source of the smell is Hydrogen Sulfide which is often found in well water. The smell is exacerbated by heat. Hydrogen Sulfide (rotten egg smell) comes from ancient decaying plant material deep within the layers of earth.It will 'gas off' and is not harmful, but it stinks.

Therefore, if you hooked to a new water source, or filled your water tank from a water source that originates from a well, that could be your problem. One way of determining if it is the water is to take a sample from another point (i.e., not the InstaHot) and immediately smell the container of water. To confirm if the heat is drawing it out, put it in a covered pan before it 'gasses off' and heat it up, open the lid and take a whiff.

Roger Webb

91 WL

Cedar Rapids, IA

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From: Ernie Ekberg

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Liz, you are going to have to run a LOT of water thru that unit. I know whenever Brenda wants to use ours, I really have to run lots of water thru it. Ernie Ekberg 83PT40 Wanderlodge Weatherford, Tx 817-475-3991 www.ernieekbergflooring.net --- On Sun, 7/25/10, txfulltimers gmail.com> wrote: From: txfulltimers gmail.com> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] InstaHot Water Smells Sulfurous - Yuk To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 8:01 PM Howdy. The hot water from the InstaHot water heater smells nasty, like sulfur aka rotten eggs. Any ideas as to how to remedy this? TIA, Jack Pearce Regards, Jack and Liz Pearce Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40 D'Hanis, TX Winter Buena Vista, CO Summer

[txfulltimers]

Howdy, Y'all.


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "txfulltimers"
wrote:
>
> Howdy.
> The hot water from the InstaHot water heater smells nasty, like sulfur
> aka rotten eggs. Any ideas as to how to remedy this?
>
> TIA,
> Jack Pearce
> Regards,
> Jack and Liz Pearce
> Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40
> D'Hanis, TX Winter
> Buena Vista, CO Summer


Thanks for all of the replies to our question. No, no anode rod in this
water heater. Makes no difference what the water source is, the InstaHOT
heated water is smelly. I think that Ernie is right. I will need to run
a lot of water through it. I'll try that.


Thanks again,
Jack and Liz in cool Colorado
Regards,
Jack and Liz Pearce
Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40
D'Hanis, TX Winter
Buena Vista, CO Summer

[magnus caeruleus avis]

> > The hot water from the InstaHot water heater smells nasty, like sulfur
> > aka rotten eggs. Any ideas as to how to remedy this?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Jack Pearce
> > Regards,
> > Jack and Liz Pearce
> > Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40
> > D'Hanis, TX Winter
> > Buena Vista, CO Summer
>
>
Jack & Liz: The instahot on my bird seems to work fine and the water does not
smell, but it does taste bad. I have used it one time and found that it was not
hot enough to suit my needs, i.e. chocolate, instant grits,(for those of us from
the South) oatmeal, etc. I found its just as easy to heat the water I need in a
pyrex cup and get it as hot as I want it. The device looks good and impresses
folks,but is not very practical. I'd just soon replace it with a soap dispenser
or something.