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Originally Posted by jrref
Has anyone replaced their electric hot water heater with a Rheem Marathon? If so, who installed it?
This water heater is an efficient non-metalic electric tank hot water heater. The reason why i'm interested in this specific heater is that it does not need an sacrificial anode rod like conventional metal heaters need to slow corrosion. The benefit is your hot water will not have that rotten egg smell from the magnesium anode rod deteriating from hard water like we have here in the Villages.
I've looked at tankless water heaters but Rheem makes a 40 and a 50 gallon "small" Marathon that is roughly the same size as the Rheem heater installed with the house if yours is located in the garage and should be simple to install. No smell also.
When i called one of the popular plumbing companies they weren't familiar with this specific unit but would get back to me after doing some research.
Any feedback and or thoughs would be appreciated.
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If you have gas, consider going tankless outside the house. No worries about leaking/rupturing while on vacation resulting in flooding the garage and potential mold issues. Also frees up room in the garage. Hot water response time is about the same as tank in garage. Installed top of the line Rinnai last year on exterior of garage wall. Love it! When it is time to clean & refill our hot tub the Rinnai does so with no problem! Gas bill much lower and continuous hot water. No smell.