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dpgllg
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Jun 19, 2019

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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Lynnmor
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Jun 22, 2019
wa8yxm wrote:
NOte about brass or steel plugs or nipples.... There is a reason Atwood put in a nylon plug.. Corrosion. Non alike metals corrode.


Why then do they use these?

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