Draining Suburban Rv Water Heater

Water will start to run out.

Draining suburban rv water heater.

Open the pressure valve on the top of the water heater. Must maintain some conductivity between the anode with the water heater. Use the rv s freshwater hose to make the connection. The company s goal was and remains to manufacture the most durable and efficient products available.

On suburban brand water heaters the plug is also an anodized rod. You would normally use the bypass system when winterizing your rv or travel trailer. Learn more about winterizing and the bypass valve function in video 3 of the water heater maintenance series 01. Check the freshwater tank to be sure it is full.

Wrap only 2 3 of the threads leave the front 1 3 bare. 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. Below is a picture of a water heater from the outside with the cover off. Click here to see the new technique.

Use an adjustable wrench to loosen the drain plug at the bottom of the water heater. At the very bottom of this blog i am going to show you a video of how to drain your water heater. Suburban water heater bypass valve function. 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. Remove the drain plug or rod.