Always Something--Hot water clog UPDATE
About mid trip, at a campsite with a direct water hookup, our hot water lost pressure. I'm pretty sure it is clogged at the one way spring valve on the water heater. I already bought two new ones because they were making a strange noise a couple of years ago now but that seemed to just stop so I never installed them.
Maybe when the water pressure increased during the direct hookup, the valve stuck closed. I tried popping the pressure relief valve to be sure water was running into the heater and tried shutting off the water with an open water spigot like the manual directs to recreate the air bubble at the top of the heater, but neither tactic worked.
I wanted to take it apart right then but we decided we could live without hot water for a couple of days until we returned to home base to work on it. The valves were expensive, I sure hope I know where I put them. Not in the RV of course so taking it apart would not have helped unless it was not the valve. On a shelf somewhere...:h
Maybe when the water pressure increased during the direct hookup, the valve stuck closed. I tried popping the pressure relief valve to be sure water was running into the heater and tried shutting off the water with an open water spigot like the manual directs to recreate the air bubble at the top of the heater, but neither tactic worked.
I wanted to take it apart right then but we decided we could live without hot water for a couple of days until we returned to home base to work on it. The valves were expensive, I sure hope I know where I put them. Not in the RV of course so taking it apart would not have helped unless it was not the valve. On a shelf somewhere...:h
