Water Heater

[Stephen Birtles]

Aluminum Tank with either a stainless or galvanized shroud
Stephen 77fc35


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Hayden"
wrote:
>
> Stephen,
> Do any have a SS tank or are all alum.?
>
> Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stephen Birtles
> To:
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 2:33 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: water heater
>
>
> Force 10 works well also and is les expensive than seaward and we
got them
> Stephen 77fc35
>
> --- In
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
krminyl@ wrote:
> >
> > I just went through this a few weeks ago (third time in 6 yrs).
> Before you
> > go through the R&R of the water heater, just make sure all of your
> fittings
> > are tight and secure. If the fittings aren't leaking, check the
> T&P valve on
> > the water heater (pressure release valve)...make sure it isn't
> dripping.
> >
> > If you have determined that it is the water heater, time to change
> it out.
> > Either Atwood, or Seaward brands work well...Seaward is cheaper by
> over a
> > hundred bucks....corrosion is the culprit in the tanks...aluminum.
> Seaward now
> > replaces the drain spigot with a magnesium anode, and they claim
> that the
> > anode gets eaten away, not the tank...drawback....tough to drain the
> tank
> > without a drain spigot....something to consider when you are trying
> to remove a
> > water heater weighing around a hundred pounds from a place with VERY
> limited
> > working room.
> >
> > Use the stainless braided hoses when re-attaching the hoses...lots
> easier to
> > connect...also, make sure that the area where the heater goes is
> completely
> > dried out from the leak. Mold can grow quickly, and you'll never
> get that
> > musty smell to go away. I spray the area with a mixture of bleach
> and water,
> > and let it dry with the help of a little 110v muffin fan for a few
> days or so.
> > Make sure that the power is turned off when working back there with
> the
> > wiring, and keep lots of towels handy to soak up the coolant (heat
> exchanger)
> > and water when removing the hoses.
> >
> > I hope a FC is easier than my PT...I swore to my wife this last time
> that
> > the BB is going to be sold if my new water heater leaks, instead of
> having to
> > go through the headache of removing the water heater again (I went
> with the
> > anode, not the drain valve...that sucker is heavy!)
> >
> > Good luck....been there, done that (a few times).
> >
> > Kevin McKeown
> > Yorba Linda, CA
> > 1986 38' Pt
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>