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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On the Atwood water heater on my small trailer, I removed the plastic drain plug and installed a 2 or 3 inch brass nipple and a half inch npt brass ball valve. I installed the nipple in the ball valve first. I then removed the ball valve handle which was the flat bar type so that I could screw the nipple into the drain hole. I left the handle off and kept it in the silverware drawer in the trailer so I wouldn't lose it and would be able to find it when I needed it to drain the tank.
I got a piece of 5/8 id tubing and a half-inch MPT x 5/8 hose barb and connected them together. I leave them laying inside the water heater door to use to thread into the valve when I drain the water heater.
I got a piece of 5/8 id tubing and a half-inch MPT x 5/8 hose barb and connected them together. I leave them laying inside the water heater door to use to thread into the valve when I drain the water heater.
