Draining Suburban Rv Water Heater

This water heater cleaning method has been updated with important changes.

Draining suburban rv water heater.

Remove the drain plug or rod. Below is a picture of a water heater from the outside with the cover off. On suburban brand water heaters the plug is also an anodized rod. At the very bottom of this blog i am going to show you a video of how to drain your water heater.

Usually this plug is plastic. Click here to see the new technique. Must maintain some conductivity between the anode with the water heater. Wrap only 2 3 of the threads leave the front 1 3 bare.

The company s goal was and remains to manufacture the most durable and efficient products available. 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. 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.

Use the rv s freshwater hose to make the connection. 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. Open the pressure valve on the top of the water heater. Learn more about winterizing and the bypass valve function in video 3 of the water heater maintenance series 01.

Use an adjustable wrench to loosen the drain plug at the bottom of the water heater. Suburban water heater bypass valve function.