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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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randallb
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Jul 25, 2014
There is a very simple cure for this problem. Pull the plug out to drain your water heater when you store the RV for an extended period of time. After the H2O heater has drained put in a new plug. They cost around $1.00 and a new one is not brittle and will not break.
Randy

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