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henryv
Senior Member Joined: 09 Feb 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 259 |
Topic: Hot water heater Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 10:52am |
I just sanitized my camper. Ran some bleach through. Since I want to drain it for travelling, should I also drain the hot water heater or just leave water in it. also which way should the valves coming off the hot water heater be turned. Then when I want to use the hot water heater, what do I do?
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riotkayak284
Senior Member Joined: 29 Apr 2016 Location: Nashville, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 162 |
Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 11:19am |
Hope you really didn't run the Clorox through the HW Heater. Supposed to be bypassed when sanitizing.
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 11:30am |
I do not bypass my hot water tank when sanitizing. I do remove the anode and flush the tank before sanitizing. At the end of sanitizing I replace the anode. I do not turn the heater element on during the process. A lot of folks share opinion the tank has to be bypassed, to me it is a tank, the bleach mixture is diluted.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 11:37am |
Henryv,
After sanitizing and flush you should drain the water heater, most common way is to remove the anode rod. I do a final rinse on mine then replace the anode rod. There is a number of YouTube videos on the process. Also many Interweb articles. |
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326 |
Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 1:30pm |
The hot water heater needs to be bypassed when using RV antifreeze, both because you don't really need to fill the 6-gallon tank with antifreeze and because the antifreeze will corrode the anode rod very quickly. However, the HW tank should not be bypassed when sanitizing as it also needs to be sanitized to avoid any bacteria growth, both in it and in the lines leading to and from it. as stated above, flushing it to get the remnants of anode rod corrosion out is a good thing to do also.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 3:10pm |
+1 and in case of leaks. If you are a antifreeze winterizer, you don't want 6 gals of it in the water heater. I air pressure winterize, so never bypass the water heater. BTW - city water is chlorinated. If you are using city water, chances are you are sanitizing each time you hook up.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3257 |
Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 4:30pm |
Good point Mike, never thought of the fact of chlorine continually sanitizing the tank IF you are on municipal water. We have always used well water in our 177 and funny thing is I never sanitized my water lines or tanks (dealer did that for me when we picked it up March 2011) until furpod told me I ought to and that was at the ERU in Traverse City during the summer of 2016). So maybe I should be a bit more proactive in that department OR start using municipal water once in awhile.
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 5:02pm |
My experience with well water comes from TX. The Sulphur smell was terrible:) I agree if you have good well water use it, and sanitize. If you are using city water you sanitize all the time, just like your house on city water.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2654 |
Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 5:36pm |
Not to be a PITA, but isn't more correctly a COLD water heater? After all, once it's hot, then it's just a hot water tank.
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bp
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Leo B
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Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 6:40pm |
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
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