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IHnutz
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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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filrupmark
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Jun 21, 2017
I drain ours . A couple of the campgrounds that we stay at on the Texas coast have water that will sour in our heater after only about 6 weeks of storage and STINK. So if our trailer will be stored much longer than that I drain it.

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