Rv Water Heater Drain Plug Leaking
The constant extreme heat will eventually cause the plastic drain plug to fail.
Rv water heater drain plug leaking. I had it pretty snug but tightened it a bit more and it still leaks. After de winterizing the trailer i re inserted the plug and tightened it a little more than snug and it started to leak. Drain plug in water heater leaking the white nylon plastic plug was out when i took delivery of the unit and the trailer was still winterized. And if your water heater is located near your plumbing system the leak might actually come from your piping and fixtures not the water heater and their close proximity is misleading you.
As full time rvers our water heater is almost always hot. Leaking atwood hot water heater bruce and jenna rv systems appliances 10 09 03 2011 10 08 pm leaking atwood hot water heater bob109 rv systems appliances 0 03 19 2011 08 36 pm help 1 2 of drain plug stuck in. After reinstalling it this week it has a slow leak. I ve had issues with the hot water drain plug leaking on every rv we ve had.
I removed the drain plug from our water heater to drain it at the end of the summer season. However we are living in the rv at 8 000 feet in colorado for a couple of weeks while waiting to get into our new house. Solo fulltime rv for the single woman. In this video i show a good example of what a atwood rv water heater plug looks like af.
A broken water heater drain plug on your rv can be a hassle to repair depending whether your plug is metal or plastic. Get woodall s rv repair book. Http amzn to 1hxoh9d want to support this channel. If you own an rv and are noticing a leak from the area of the rv water drain you may a problem on your hands.
This feature is actually standard to all water heaters both rv and home units and is one that people commonly mistake as a leak. In this free video dave solberg teaches you a couple quick solutions for removing a corroded or broken plug from the exterior of your rv s water heater. If the plug wasn t leaking when it was first installed trying to tighten it probable wont fix the leak. Replace your atwood rv water heater drain plug once every other year.
Buy a spare plug.