How often do you drain hot water heater tank?
Camping every other weekend or so, I've always drained the tank after every trip. Talking to my dad, he thinks I'm nuts and drains his once a year, when he winterizes. What do you weekend campers do...
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Farmer David wrote:
I do not winterize any more but I do drain and flush out water heater about 4 times a year. The water in south Texas and Arizona gives you a lot of white crude build up and needs to be flushed every couple months.
X2 on Arizona. I have a home in Yuma and I flush my hot water tank once a month. Each time I get a significant amount of sediment from the tank. I had to replace the hot water heater last winter and I hope this practice will extend the tank life of my new heater. In my mind it will.
I installed a ball valve both on my home and trailer tanks. It only takes a couple minutes to flush both tanks.
