Hot water heater full of debris
When I was winterizing my camper I shut off the valve to the water heater, and then pulled the plug to drain it. I probably had a half cup of metal debris from the anode rod come out, and a lot more l...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
With drain plug out OPEN Water supply and stand back........let the cold inlet that comes in at bottom of tank blow the tank (junk/debris/crud) out under force.
And as others have stated....pump sucks from fresh water tank only.......it then discharges under 45# pressure (or higher) into cold water lines off of which is the inlet to tank. HOT water comes out top of tank.
SO if any debris should get carried out of WH tank you will get plugging of faucet aerators and possibly shower.
Anode Rod
No NEED to replace until 75% Gone.
Thanks for this, Biscuit. I've never known how these things work.
Lyle
