Draining Suburban Rv Water Heater

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.

Draining suburban rv water heater.

On suburban brand water heaters the plug is also an anodized rod. Must maintain some conductivity between the anode with the water heater. Use the rv s freshwater hose to make the connection. Wrap only 2 3 of the threads leave the front 1 3 bare.

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. Remove the drain plug or rod. Suburban manufacturing pioneered space saving horizontally vented gas heating systems water heaters solid state spark ignition systems and efficient dc furnace motors since becoming a supplier to the rv industry in the late 1960s.

Open the pressure valve on the top of the water heater. The company s goal was and remains to manufacture the most durable and efficient products available. Usually this plug is plastic. Water will start to run out.

This water heater cleaning method has been updated with important changes. Click here to see the new technique. 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. 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. You would normally use the bypass system when winterizing your rv or travel trailer.