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Old 2010-07-15, 03:00 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by 100_Percent_Juice View Post
I get new aspen filters from Home Depot every summer. They are amazing, my house has been 68 degrees all day and I love the smell when you first install them. I had a tablet in mine too since without one, there is really crazy mineral buildup. However, this last year I bought a metal rod that has a wire that you screw into the side of the cooler. I think it was like $10 but it completely stopped all buildup and it doesn't dissolve like the tablets.

EDIT: This one.
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...2&ddkey=Search
FYI: an anode like that will eventually "dissolve". They're not called "sacrificial anodes" for nothing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrificial_anode
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