water heater plastic plug removal
With the weather forecasters saying the temperature here in MD will drop to 19 tomorrow night, today I decided it was time to drain water from the Outfitter Apex camper. I grabbed the head of the ...
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Each WH has safety valve. I think those in RV are only pressure valves, when household WH has pressure/temp safety valve.
Still I would not count on plastic plug design to work with 150 psi pressure to be much of safety relieve.
BTW WH in RV are design to have air bubble on the top not only for safety but also for convenience. The air with time gets sucked by water what you can notice by pump making big fluctuation with drizzling faucet.
How many ever tried to restore the air bubble?
For me it becomes routine that when I hook up empty hose to my camper, I open hot water faucet so the air from the hose runs via WH restoring the air bubble.
Still I would not count on plastic plug design to work with 150 psi pressure to be much of safety relieve.
BTW WH in RV are design to have air bubble on the top not only for safety but also for convenience. The air with time gets sucked by water what you can notice by pump making big fluctuation with drizzling faucet.
How many ever tried to restore the air bubble?
For me it becomes routine that when I hook up empty hose to my camper, I open hot water faucet so the air from the hose runs via WH restoring the air bubble.
