Hot water tank drain plug
Hi everyone, hope that all is well with each of you out there. Due to some emergency brain surgery a month ago, our camping season sadly has come to an abrupt end. We are in the process of cleaning ...
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bob213 wrote:Bionic Man wrote:
Open the vent on the hot water heater and your low point water drains. The water will then drain from the heater. Or at least mine does.
Draining thru the low point drain is a good way to get all that sediment in the tank into your water lines. I would avoid that method.
Impossible to unless someone has misplumbed the tank and reversed the inlet for the outlet..
Cold water inlet is on the bottom of the tank.
Hot water outlet takes the hottest water from the top of the tank.
Low drain points will never be able to siphon enough water from the hot water tank to ever get any "solids" like sand, dirt, scale.
I would also caution anyone that attempts to only siphon without pulling the drain plug.. Since the hot water outlet is very high in the tank, it will not siphon enough water out of the tank for freeze protection as most RVs will have a check valve on the cold water inlet which is there to prevent hot water from being siphoned from the tank via the cold water inlet..
Be lazy at your own risk!
Takes only a couple of seconds to remove the plug in a Attwood using a socket and wrench. Don't be lazy and fool hardy, it may end up biting you in the behind the next camping season.
