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azrving
Aug 03, 2015Explorer
I'm on well water at home and often use use well water as we travel for the winter. So, even while the FW is parked for the summer I fire up the water heater and run water through everything every 2 weeks. If I were to let it sit all summer I would drain the water heater and use air pressure to blow everything out. It's not critical to get everything out like in the winter. Then I would bleach it when ready to use again.
I have had too hard of a time getting rid of the funky smell from water heaters that sat with water in them. My FW sat for a couple years before I bought it and the water heater was empty but it was still terrible and had to have 2 vinegar treatments. Previous owner was on a well also so it may have had a lot of scale build up in it.
I have had too hard of a time getting rid of the funky smell from water heaters that sat with water in them. My FW sat for a couple years before I bought it and the water heater was empty but it was still terrible and had to have 2 vinegar treatments. Previous owner was on a well also so it may have had a lot of scale build up in it.
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