draining hot water heaters.
I have a Suburban hot water heater, and recently replaced the anode rod, draining the tank.
The general consensus is that that is the way to store it. I can see why this would be important to you guys in the north east this year. Deep freezing can mess things up if not drained.
But I live in the South West. It rarely gets below freezing in the storage yard I keep my TT in, so I just open the faucets like I was advised by the local RV center, and keep my hot water heater tank full. It ate up my anode rods, of course, but that's what they're for.
My question; will the little bit of water around the drain on my Suburban rust? the anode rod is now not submerged in water, but is high and dry. But I'm sure there is a little bit of moisture at the bottom of the tank.
The main spot of a rust problem on my whole unit is that hot water heater drain. It rusts at an accelerated rate.
So, bottom line question; wouldn't I have been better off just leaving that tank full of water, and changing the anode rods regularly?
The general consensus is that that is the way to store it. I can see why this would be important to you guys in the north east this year. Deep freezing can mess things up if not drained.
But I live in the South West. It rarely gets below freezing in the storage yard I keep my TT in, so I just open the faucets like I was advised by the local RV center, and keep my hot water heater tank full. It ate up my anode rods, of course, but that's what they're for.
My question; will the little bit of water around the drain on my Suburban rust? the anode rod is now not submerged in water, but is high and dry. But I'm sure there is a little bit of moisture at the bottom of the tank.
The main spot of a rust problem on my whole unit is that hot water heater drain. It rusts at an accelerated rate.
So, bottom line question; wouldn't I have been better off just leaving that tank full of water, and changing the anode rods regularly?
