Draining Suburban Rv Water Heater

Water will start to run out.

Draining suburban rv water heater.

You would normally use the bypass system when winterizing your rv or travel trailer. Below is a picture of a water heater from the outside with the cover off. Click here to see the new technique. Check the freshwater tank to be sure it is full.

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. The company s goal was and remains to manufacture the most durable and efficient products available. 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. Learn more about winterizing and the bypass valve function in video 3 of the water heater maintenance series 01.

Use the rv s freshwater hose to make the connection. Open the pressure valve on the top of the water heater. Suburban water heater bypass valve function. At the very bottom of this blog i am going to show you a video of how to drain your water heater.

Check out the picture below to see the water heater that we removed out of the rv that we had to fix. Wrap only 2 3 of the threads leave the front 1 3 bare. Remove the drain plug or rod. Usually this plug is plastic.

Use an adjustable wrench to loosen the drain plug at the bottom of the water heater. On suburban brand water heaters the plug is also an anodized rod.