Suburban VS Atwood water heaters question
On our 5th RV, but latest RV is our first one with a Suburban water heater. Also first time having an anode rod. While I understand why the steel tank needs an anode I wonder why steel is even bein...
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j-d wrote:
Biggest factor I've noticed is about replacements: The two have different form factors. Suburban's tank is lengthwise across the RV while Atwood's tank has its length fore-and-aft in the coach. So I'd replace an Atwood with an Atwood, a Suburban with another Suburban. Otherwise, you're cutting the side wall of the coach to replace Suburban with Atwood or using a filler to replace Atwood with Suburban.
Suburban has a conversion door kit available for replacing Atwood heaters with a Sububan 6-gallon heater. Their 10-gallon heaters fit as is.
Suburban 520787 Door Kit
