Hot Water Heater Check Valve Failure
Hi All, I was starting to winterize my MH last night, and had the H2O heater drained with the plug out. I started to pump anti-freeze into the plumbing via the winterizing bypass tube, and noticed an...
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Jim@HiTek wrote:
Might be best to not bother with the antifreeze, instead use air to clear your plumbing.
Next spring, find a pipe near the heater and add a check valve there. Don't bother removing the old check valve.
Also, RV water heaters are suppose to be removable from the outside. No need to cut holes in floors and such. Suppose to be that way. Doesn't always happen, so I'd suggest a call to the manufacture and ask to talk to a plumbing tech.
RV water heaters do come out from the outside. BUT, depending on the OEM, HOW much flex is included in the LP/120 and rear water lines may make it difficult to do without accessing the rear of the water heater from the inside. Some OEM's if the water heater is down LOW on a sidewall may have a removable access panel from the underside of the RV to access the water line connections. Calling a OEM maker and asking this type question is futile. NONE of the OEM's would have anybody that could answer this type question. They build so many different models and variations and over the course of years, they would have nobody that would have that kind of knowledge. Doug
