Leaking sacrificial anode

[guinessnc]

Hello everyone, I appear to have sprung a leak on what I think is my slave anode. It is leaking right below the black cap on top. How do I go about repairing this myself??

 

[Ahultin]

I believe that is the same one I have, there should be an o-ring under the cap, first thing to try is unscrew it and line the o-ring. Hopefully that works and the fitting didnt crack.

 

[guinessnc]

yeah, so I got the black cap off, it is threaded. It did have plumbers tape on the thread and an o-ring that was severely cracked. So that was the culprit.

Now the dilemma. The anode cracked in half and half the anode remains stuck in the tube. I have to leave the pump off until I can figure out a way to get the remains out of the tube so I decided to put everything back together. I found a spare o-ring that was way too small for the application but I was able to make it work and I re-taped the thread. I go to tighten the black cap back on and the whole dang thread cracked off the cap. I unscrewed the thread and will now need to cap with a threaded PVC cap. Back to the anode. I need to find a way to get that broken off anode out of the tube. It's lodged in there good. I tried turning on the pump to blast it out of there. That did nothing but shoot a water fountain in the air. All other PVC piping is glued. I will get a new anode but the fact that half the old piece is still stuck in there means the new anode will not fully insert.

Any suggestions? the diameter of the pipe is 1.5" so there is not a lot of room to grab onto the zinc block with pliers.

 

[Ahultin]

As I recall the tube is just 1" clear pvc. You could cut the clear pvc , leaving enough on the 2x1 tee to use a 1" coupler after retrieving the anode. Alternatively you could cut it then use a 1" cap, deleting the anode all together. When I installed mine it seemed the consensus was at best 50/50 questionable whether they actually did any good.

 

[guinessnc]

As I recall the tube is just 1" clear pvc. You could cut the clear pvc , leaving enough on the 2x1 tee to use a 1" coupler after retrieving the anode. Alternatively you could cut it then use a 1" cap, deleting the anode all together. When I installed mine it seemed the consensus was at best 50/50 questionable whether they actually did any good.

I like that idea and yes I have read posts on here about the need for one. I have other pool owner friends that don't even have one. Our pool is about 12 years old and there were issues with the "marine grade" SS ladder rusting around the water line. The pool company replaced the ladder a couple time under warranty and finally decided to put an anode as a remedy.