Personally, I would not use white. Here are some suggestions from Ben Moore, which you could have color matched at HD. Here is a link that might be useful: Color suggestions.

Thank you also. I do love the Asian look in all aspects. I love the pot also, but have been told if I keep the plant in it too long, I will never be able to get it out of the pot, due to the shape. But I am not ready to repot yet... I really love the looks of the trunk on this variety...seems to look different from other jades. I have had it a few years now, not sure how many, exactly. Good luck with yours. Christopher

You could always get one of the more expensive heaters and see if it lasts longer. There is a reason why the 12 year models say they are 12 year and the 6 year models say they are 6 year. You could also buy and aluminum anode and install it in whatever heater you got if that is what you want. Rheems usually are good so you might just either have bad luck or bad water corroding it. Installing them is not hard but you may find some fun surprises, like the connection to the water heater being corroded to the point of not being able to loosen it. So you may have to do more than just loosen the nuts and electrical and replace the heater, some repair to the water lines might be needed.

Agree. Stay away. My story with Lowes. Simple vinyl plank kitchen/laundry room vinyl plank installation. They put the planks over a needed drain, by the water heater. Hybrid water heater, which drains like an AC unit. Due to the out of the way location, we didn’t notice the problem for 3 months, when water starting coming out between the plank seams when we walked on them. The inside of the walls were filled with black mold and had to be ripped out as well as the floor. Lowes policy is to have these issues handled by a legal department in another state. The local store wouldn’t talk to us. It turned out Lowes has a national subcontractor who then subscontracts the work to a local store, who then uses independent subs. Lowes ignored us until we sent our Demand notice, required before we could file in small claims court. Only then, did Lowes legal contact us and paid the full amount we requested. We had no kitchen for close to 3 months.,