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IHnutz
Explorer
Jun 21, 2017

Does anyone drain the HOT water heater . . . .

. . . . when not using the trailer? The Shop Foreman at the dealership suggested that I drain the water heater whenever the trailer was going to set unused for more than a couple of days. His reasonin...
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d3500ram
Explorer III
Jun 21, 2017
What is a hot water heater? :h :B

I do drain my water heater and fresh water tank when I am about 50 miles from home on the last day of camping and let it "slosh" around and out of both tanks whilst driving home.

I store it empty until the next trip even if it is only a few days... that way I always have double filtered fresh water from home.

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