Draining Suburban Rv Water Heater

Use the rv s freshwater hose to make the connection.

Draining suburban rv water heater.

Filling an rv water heater connect the rv water supply to a land based water hookup such as an outdoor hose connection to your home. Below is a picture of a water heater from the outside with the cover off. Wrap only 2 3 of the threads leave the front 1 3 bare. Suburban manufacturing pioneered space saving horizontally vented gas heating systems water heaters solid state spark ignition systems and efficient dc furnace motors since becoming a supplier to the rv industry in the late 1960s.

Remove the drain plug or rod. On suburban brand water heaters the plug is also an anodized rod. Open the pressure valve on the top of the water heater. This water heater cleaning method has been updated with important changes.

Suburban water heater bypass valve function. A full wrapping of the anode with teflon tape will insulate the anode from the water heater therefore the anode can not due it s job. The company s goal was and remains to manufacture the most durable and efficient products available. Water will start to run out.

Check the freshwater tank to be sure it is full. Use an adjustable wrench to loosen the drain plug at the bottom of the water heater. Usually this plug is plastic. Check out the picture below to see the water heater that we removed out of the rv that we had to fix.

Click here to see the new technique. Learn more about winterizing and the bypass valve function in video 3 of the water heater maintenance series 01.