Another Atwood Anode rod question
My Toyhauler has an Atwood gc10a-4e hot water heater without an Anode rod. The first couple of years I used it it never smelled of rotton eggs. This year every time I go camping I get the old rotten e...
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enblethen wrote:
You can use a solution of white vineger to clean tank. Hard to get it without removing the pressure relief valve and using funnel.
No anode in Atwood tanks.
I would guess you got some bad water on last trip!
The Atwood manual gives the procedure for using white vinegar to get rid of the sulfur smell. However if you have a winterizing set up to put antifreeze in the water lines you can avoid removing the relief valve. All you have to do is use the drain plug to drain the water heater and reinsert the plug. Then drain the cold water line for the trailer through the cold water low point drain. Then use the winterizing connection to draw the proper amount of vinegar from your jugs and pump it into the water heater leaving a hot water faucet open. Finish filling the water heater with water then close the hot water faucet. Follow the rest of the Atwood procedure which includes firing up and operating the water heater. Afterwards drain and flush the water heater and entire system with fresh water. Then sanitize the entire system using bleach.
