Rv Water Heater Anode Rod With Drain

The tanks of rv water heaters are much smaller than those of home water heaters.

Rv water heater anode rod with drain.

In most conditions anode rod should last at least one year. They are made from aluminum magnesium or zinc all metals that will sacrifice themselves through electrolysis and save the exposed steel water heater tank from a similar fate. This anode rod features an internal drain valve to allows you to drain your water heater without tools. That november we hit 22 and in the spring i sadly discovered that the petcock had only partially drained the tank before it failed causing an 1 100 00 dollar split water heater.

Pipe thread drain plug with the camco rv water heater anode rod to extend the life of your rv s water heater. The main manufacturers of tank based rv water heaters are atwood and suburban. This is an aluminum plug with an anode rod to attract corrosion particles inside your water heater. This means that you need to be more conservation minded when using hot water in.

Your g6a 7 is an atwood water heater with a 1 2 drain plug. If you have aluminum threads i recommend the camco rv water heater anode rod w drain 1 2 diameter x 4 1 2 long item cam11533. Water heater rv magnesium anode rod for atwood heaters 11553 4 5 1 2 npt for rv camper and trailer water heaters replacement parts 4 6 out of 5 stars 147 14 99. Going into winter i drained the tank leaving the petcock open.

A small home heater is 40 or 50 gallons but as mentioned above an rv water heater may be just six or 10. It preserves the life of your water heater by corroding itself so your water heater tank doesn t. An anode rod is a solid metal cylinder that gets screwed into a water heater s drain plug to prevent the steel water heater tank from rusting inside. Long x 0 5 in.

Replace your 1 2 in. If your magnesium anode rod does last for one year you may want to use aluminum anode rod p n 232768. A few years ago i had an anode with a petcock on my 10 gallon 3 way water heater. Operating the water heater without the anode voids the manufactures limited warranty and shortens the tank life of the water heater.

Magnesium anode rod for aluminum water heaters atwood style.