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opnspaces wrote:
Apparently I'm a slow learner because I can remember doing the same at least twice, maybe three times over the years.
:B
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โAug-14-2014 05:32 PM
js6343js6343 wrote:
After 4 years of RVing, and just when I think I am getting the hang of it, another lesson is learned the hard way.
I am in the process of putting the TT away for the winter. So I am pulling the anode rod to drain the water heater. I disconnect the city water hose to releive pressure and proceed to unscrew the anode. Suddenly, the anode rod launches out of the WH under pressure and a sustained blast of water crashes into my face. If my sons had seen it, I would be the deserving recepient of a lifetime of ridicule. Lucky I did not have the water heater turned on. Or the embarrasment could have turned more serious.
So removing the city water hose DOES NOT releive pressure. You have to open the faucets inside the rig. But I guess all of you already knew that. I guess I did too. But it is so easy to forget even important steps on these rigs. This is one step I will not forget again. File under "stupid"
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
โAug-14-2014 01:45 PM
monkey44 wrote:
This thread sounds odd to me, I've had two campers, both had pressure releases at top on tank, and both had WH drain plugs at the bottom of the tank, and it drains out empty in about two or three minutes. Open HW faucet when draining.
When I fill it, I open the hot faucet in the sink until water flows out without popping or hissing ... then we know it's full and no air pocket.
โAug-14-2014 01:34 PM
PortWentworthSam wrote:
That's nuttin. Wait till ya plug your motorhome into a 220V outlet and watch your A/C unit pour smoke. Then enter your coach after you rip the power cord out of the plug and see that you fried every appliance, TV's, Fridge, sound system, inverter and the list went on. Total damage over $8,000.00. I sure could have used that blast of water from the water heater to cool my temper that day. Oh, the water heater fried as well.
We all screw up. That's what makes RV'ing so much fun.
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