Any thoughts on this product? It came across my feed, and claims certain areas of the coolant sleeves/thermostat passage are too far away from the anodes and cause aluminum engines to sacrifice as water flow causes an electric current.
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Installing mine this week.
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The science definitely makes sense, I placed an order. Great find btw, Thanks!
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This forum is the best bs checker out there, and we need it. Thanks for the input, sounds legit.
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How have I not thought of this before? Ordering one now.
Great share @Lookstippy !
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Thanks for the heads up.
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Here are some reviews of the product on FB - all positive and they talk highly of the owner:
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I invited him to join the community last week, he said he will. His research and testing is all legitimate and corrosion inside cooling systems has been an issue for a very long time.
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Hello everyone, my name is Ryan and I am the inventor of the WaterDog thermostat anode. I know a few of you ordered this weekend and those orders were shipped today.
I just wanted to come in and say hi to everyone and if you have any specific questions feel free to ask. For those of you who did order them if you want to see that they are working it’s really easy to test with a multimeter with a positive lead going to the thermostat cover and the negative to the negative battery terminal, with that orientation before you install my anode you will see a negative current which represents electrons leaving the aluminum and after you install it you will get a small positive current or 0.0. that is because the zinc can provide so many electrons with its massive surface area that it can completely quench the thermostat and even provide electrons to the aluminum.
New motors using my anode will last 10,000 hours, second hand owners can get add a couple thousand hours at least.
Feel free to ask if you have any questions.
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Thanks @WaterDog. I am one of those who ordered over the weekend. When you say a new motor with your product installed form day one will last 10k hrs., does that mean that all, or nearly all typical motor life expectancy is directly related to rate of corrosion and not wear and tear on the rotating assembly?
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Welcome @WaterDog , I got the email that my order shipped. Looking forward to getting it installed. Thanks for joining the community and the extra information.
WaterDog, any plans to accommodate the Tohatsu 30 in the works?
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I ordered over the weekend and I don’t even have a boat 
didn’t want to forget about the product between now and spring!
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If that proves to be true it should become standard issue at the factory.
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He shows the science and it makes sense.
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Just ordered mine. Thank you guys!
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I pretty sure he means the parts exposed to salt corrosion internally which could create further problems on areas exposed to corrosion and penetration of metals on the block and cooling shafts.
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It took Yamaha over 20 years to update their inferior water pump impellers for the 90+hp outboards. They won’t be adding a zinc anode to the outboards when you can buy from a guy in Florida for $30-40.
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Im surprised no one has mentioned that its very important to disconnect your battery when you get off the water. Your outboard never drains 100%. Stray current is possible even on a new setup. Stray current + Salt water = problems.
Flushing, anodes, disconnecting the battery is all you can do to mitigate the leftover water inside and potential problems.
I have my Waterdogs in hand, installing today. Its another cheap line of defense.
Why didnt I think of that?
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Welcome aboard @WaterDog Glad to have you join us. Great screen name and sounds like a great product.
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