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Originally Posted by bandersen
. . . . I took a closer look at the anode lead and discovered two splices with a piece of line cord between and the rubber cap is falling apart!
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Whooah! And 3M Gasket cement used in place of Corona Dope!
Back in the day, before air-conditioning, we used to see a lot of this from shade tree mechanics who tried to stop arcing on the anode connector due to high humidity. Usually, it took a razor blade to scrape off the mess and doing that destroyed the connector in the process.
Jas.