Draining Suburban Rv Water Heater

Learn more about winterizing and the bypass valve function in video 3 of the water heater maintenance series 01.

Draining suburban rv water heater.

Below is a picture of a water heater from the outside with the cover off. Filling an rv water heater connect the rv water supply to a land based water hookup such as an outdoor hose connection to your home. Use an adjustable wrench to loosen the drain plug at the bottom of the water heater. Check the freshwater tank to be sure it is full.

Click here to see the new technique. On suburban brand water heaters the plug is also an anodized rod. Must maintain some conductivity between the anode with the water heater. Usually this plug is plastic.

The company s goal was and remains to manufacture the most durable and efficient products available. Water will start to run out. At the very bottom of this blog i am going to show you a video of how to drain your water heater. Wrap only 2 3 of the threads leave the front 1 3 bare.

Open the pressure valve on the top of the water heater. You would normally use the bypass system when winterizing your rv or travel trailer. A full wrapping of the anode with teflon tape will insulate the anode from the water heater therefore the anode can not due it s job. Remove the drain plug or rod.

This water heater cleaning method has been updated with important changes. Check out the picture below to see the water heater that we removed out of the rv that we had to fix.