Atwood Hot water heater drain plug
Hello, My 5th wheel has an Atwood hot water heater that came with a nylon (plastic) drain plug. The location of the plug makes it very difficult to get a wrench or anything on it to remove the plug...
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How I've always done it for last 14 years with same plastic plug. Put a 7/8" socket on the plastic plug. Put the tip of a 6 inch extension in the end of the socket. (it won't snap in but it works) Remove the plug.
I think most people probably way over tighten the nylon drain plug. Reinstall hand tight using just the socket and extension no ratchet handle. Put ratchet in extension and turn maybe 1/16th of a turn, that's it. If you marked the socket at the 12 o'clock position and turned to 1 o'clock you turned it too far. It really doesn't take much to stop the water from leaking under pressure.
I think most people probably way over tighten the nylon drain plug. Reinstall hand tight using just the socket and extension no ratchet handle. Put ratchet in extension and turn maybe 1/16th of a turn, that's it. If you marked the socket at the 12 o'clock position and turned to 1 o'clock you turned it too far. It really doesn't take much to stop the water from leaking under pressure.
