suburban water heater flow stopage
07 36 ft 5th wheel with a suburban AC/LP hot water heater. Just today while running hot water for dishes and the flow just stopped not only at the sink but bathroom sink shower and outdoor shower. I ...
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At the hot water outlet of your water heater, I'll bet there's a check valve like this one:
It's pretty small and not very conspicuous but if you've got a single handle water heater bypass, you've got one of these valves. The disk that prevents the backflow of water into the heater is plastic and held in place with a small rivet. That rivet pulls through the plastic and plugs up the outlet to the heater.
Be careful selecting a replacement. I was able to find one with a brass disk instead of plastic. It was the same brand but I'm not sure if it had the same part number.
It's pretty small and not very conspicuous but if you've got a single handle water heater bypass, you've got one of these valves. The disk that prevents the backflow of water into the heater is plastic and held in place with a small rivet. That rivet pulls through the plastic and plugs up the outlet to the heater.
Be careful selecting a replacement. I was able to find one with a brass disk instead of plastic. It was the same brand but I'm not sure if it had the same part number.
