Water Heater Vinegar Soak

[DCamp84]

Hey guys. I want to flush out the water heater tank before I start the season. Just got our first camper in march and our maiden voyage will be next week. Detwinterizing everything I noticed a bunch of sediment in the bottom of the water heater tank (suburban) and the annode rod was pretty deteriorated. Got a new annode rod and I'd like to flush the tank and try to clean it out as best I can as it looks like it's never been done (camper is a 2011). I've seen good results with the vinegar soak but everyone I saw was done with a winterizing kit which my camper doesn't have. So my question is how do I fill my tank with the vinegar. Can I hook up a hose to the intake side of my water pump and suck it up that way? Is it safe to run vinegar through the water pump with out hurting it? Sorry for the long winded question just wanted to be as clear as possible. TIA!!

[guidry]

I use bleach but you can use vinegar too. I just think bleach works better. Hook up your hose then poor the vinegar or bleach into the hose then hook the other end of the hose to the water faucet. Turn it on to fill your tank then use your pump to get the water and vinegar into the water tank. Depending on the length of your hose you could put more vinegar if needed. I would suggest running the pump through all your faucets after the water tank is full and running. Good luck

[agesilaus]

Vinegar will not damage a pump, just passing thru it anyway. I cannot advise you on the other questions.