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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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4x4van
Explorer III
Aug 15, 2017
ppine wrote:
There is a bacterium that lives in hot water that creates H2S, hydrogen sulfide. Drainging the tank will take care of it.
How did it get in there to begin with?;)

Does anybody drain the water heater in their stick & brick house when they go on a 3-4 day trip? How about a week long vacation? Shop foreman at the OP's dealership sounds like a fruit loop to me.

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