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bhivetravels
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Jul 24, 2014

Broken plastic Atwood hot water heater drain plug

So a small leak turned into a complete drain. The plastic bolt on the bottom of the hot water heater was leaking. In an effort to clean the bolt and then wrap it with teflon tape and reinstall it, i...
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Coyote74
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Jul 25, 2014
plastic plugs are a safety plug in case the safety valve does not pop off when overheated in the tank. Tool from lowes or HD works fine ge the right size, there are 2 I believe. I believe atwood uses anode rod but suburban type does not.

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