leave in or keep out water heater plug winterizing?

I am another that just puts it back in the way i usually would.. 1 less thing to forget in the spring..

To the OP - - don't forget to use the hot Water Heater BYPASS... no need to fill that sucker with the pink stuff. . .

I put a wrap of Teflon tape on the threads and reinstall tight. Has worked for years on several Suburbans.

Bigbird65 wrote:

boosTT wrote:
What's the point of putting it back finger tight?

Drain it (that means remove and reinstall the plug) and be done.

I have the same question as you. A lot of folks advocate putting the plug in finger tight. After winterizing (air compressor method) I always use thread tape on the water heater plug and re-install.

Me too. That way I can't forget it, and it is ready to go in the spring. 14 years doing it, and no problems

I use air to winterize and reinstall the anode/drain plug tightly. Tried leaving it out once or twice but found the threads rusted. YMMV

I leave mine sitting next to the hole. However there is no reason not to screw it back in.

boosTT wrote:
What's the point of putting it back finger tight?

Drain it (that means remove and reinstall the plug) and be done.

I have the same question as you. A lot of folks advocate putting the plug in finger tight. After winterizing (air compressor method) I always use thread tape on the water heater plug and re-install.

What's the point of putting it back finger tight?

Drain it (that means remove and reinstall the plug) and be done.

I to put a valve in, and I drain after each trip. mines 8yrs old now and no problems and a short piece of rubber hose extends it out for easy drain.I drain my water tanks to ,that way all water is fresh at the start of a trip.

GordonThree wrote:

tn terry t wrote:
I put in a stubby 1/4 turn brass ball valve in the drain of three different rigs, works real slick

How do you keep the rigs from rusting without the anode?

Even if it isn't a Suburban that uses an anode rod (Atwood doesn't)
That drain valve will drain water but leaves scale/crud behind cause it can't flow out that small diameter opening in drain valve



Leave drain plug out UNTIL done winterizing so you can check if any anti-freeze got in water heater due to bad check valve or valving error

THEN put it back in to protect WH Tank threads and keep critters out

tn terry t wrote:
I put in a stubby 1/4 turn brass ball valve in the drain of three different rigs, works real slick

How do you keep the rigs from rusting without the anode?