Draining Suburban Rv Water Heater

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.

Draining suburban rv water heater.

Click here to see the new technique. On suburban brand water heaters the plug is also an anodized rod. 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 the rv s freshwater hose to make the connection. Wrap only 2 3 of the threads leave the front 1 3 bare. Check the freshwater tank to be sure it is full. You would normally use the bypass system when winterizing your rv or travel trailer.

Use an adjustable wrench to loosen the drain plug at the bottom of the water heater. Remove the drain plug or rod. The company s goal was and remains to manufacture the most durable and efficient products available. At the very bottom of this blog i am going to show you a video of how to drain your water heater.

This water heater cleaning method has been updated with important changes. Usually this plug is plastic. Learn more about winterizing and the bypass valve function in video 3 of the water heater maintenance series 01. Water will start to run out.

Open the pressure valve on the top of the 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.