Draining water heater
When former BF & I had a RV together, we drained the water heater ( or thought we did) by opening the low point drains and parking on a slope so that the water heater was uphill. We then winteriz...
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doughere wrote:
If yours is a Suburban you need to pull plug to check anode yearly. If it is an Attwood, you can get a MPT to Male Hose Thread adapter, and put on a Hose cap which can be removed by hand (idea stolen from somewhere on this site).
Doug
And, now you have introduced electrolysis to the water heater. Atwood uses a nylon drain plug for their aluminum tank.
Put one or two dissimilar metals in contact (very likely to be higher on the galvanic chart) and you have done it no good. How much damage will depend on mineral content of water and how much the water heater is used.
Bottom line, not a good idea. Spend the $1 or $2 any buy the Atwood drain plugs from any RV store.
