Draining Suburban Rv Water Heater

Suburban water heater bypass valve function.

Draining suburban rv water heater.

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 the rv s freshwater hose to make the connection. Usually this plug is plastic. Use an adjustable wrench to loosen the drain plug at the bottom of the water heater.

Check out the picture below to see the water heater that we removed out of the rv that we had to fix. Check the freshwater tank to be sure it is full. At the very bottom of this blog i am going to show you a video of how to drain your water heater. Remove the drain plug or rod.

Click here to see the new technique. This water heater cleaning method has been updated with important changes. The company s goal was and remains to manufacture the most durable and efficient products available. Learn more about winterizing and the bypass valve function in video 3 of the water heater maintenance series 01.

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. You would normally use the bypass system when winterizing your rv or travel trailer. Must maintain some conductivity between the anode with the water heater. Water will start to run out.

Open the pressure valve on the top of the water heater. On suburban brand water heaters the plug is also an anodized rod.