Thank you for your comment, yes, I changed that device that has the knob to regulate the temperature, I think that is the thermostat. The rod you say is not the magnesium anode? That long one that goes in the middle. Regarding the washing machine I only use it cold and the hot one is not connected. The thermos has eight years of which I never failed except about two years ago ...
No, the anodic rod goes on the top of the thermos and its function is sacrificial, that is, it rusts before the thermos, which I say goes behind the thermostatic regulator, when you take out the regulator, which is a small box of approx 10 cm x10cm x3cm, the rod that senses the temperature is behind and when it is placed, this rod is placed inside the thermos, to censor the water temperature.