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Old 08-06-2014, 08:59 PM   #1
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Hot water drain plug

What size socket is used for the nylon drain plug in the hot water tank?

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Old 08-06-2014, 09:08 PM   #2
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You know, I've just always used pliers. Guess I'm still a farm boy. Sorry, I don't know the actual size.
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You know, I've just always used pliers. Guess I'm still a farm boy. Sorry, I don't know the actual size.
On my last trailer I used a plier and just made a mess of the plug.
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I would say 1 -1/16''
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I would say 1 -1/16''
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Old 08-07-2014, 02:12 AM   #6
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On my Atwood, it is 15/16". I use a 1/2" drive socket wrench with a long extension.
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Old 08-07-2014, 05:08 AM   #7
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The one that came with our Atwood was 15/16". A replacement was 1 1/8". X2 on Crabmans tools for removal.
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Mine was 15/16" but I put one of these in.
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Old 08-07-2014, 06:34 AM   #9
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My suburban anode is 1 1/16. You can use a 4 spoke lug wrench or a socket.
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Mine was 15/16" but I put one of these in.
XX22 Absolutely pain in the rearend to deal with the nylon plug that comes with the TT. Installed on of these brass plugs and can now operate the drain without any tool at all.
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The Atwoods are aluminum and I would worry about dissimilar metals causing a galvanic reaction and corrosion.
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Brass and aluminum will not have a reaction with each other, I had one of these brass plugs on a trailer that we had for 6 years and I never had any corrosion.
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I have a Low Point Drain that appears to drain my water heater. Guess I'll have to pull the plug to confirm...
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FWIW, our 23B had a 15/16 that I recently replaced with a 7/8. I already had a socket set with a swivel and some extensions, so I just bought a $3 7/8 socket head to fit the drain plug. I was getting tired of using the pliers and adjustable wrenches, since the nice sheet metal pieces of the water heater loved carving up my hand every time the tools slipped...
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I put a couple of wraps of Teflon tape on the threads of the nylon plug and install it finger tight. No leaks and it'll come right out in the fall.
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X2 with Crabman's 15/16"

I replaced it with a reduced pipe nipple and added a short hose fitting for a bathroom sink and put a 1/4 turn valve at the end of that tube. Don't have a piture right now, but I hated to take the oem plug in and out as there was no room. It is now extremely easy to drain the tank.
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I have to concur with the assessment that brass and aluminum are dissimilar metals and do not like each other. Have seen brass eat right through aluminum on boats. Now if there is pipe thread tape separating the brass valve from the aluminum tank, there may not be a corrosion issue. Not sure.....
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I have to concur with the assessment that brass and aluminum are dissimilar metals and do not like each other. Have seen brass eat right through aluminum on boats. Now if there is pipe thread tape separating the brass valve from the aluminum tank, there may not be a corrosion issue. Not sure.....

We have had a total of 9 trailers, I have used the brass drain plug in all of them and never had any, not even one spot of corrosion, I just put one in our new trailer.
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Some time back, a RVer at another form, showed where he drilled a slightly small hole threw the center his Nylon water plugs, then screwed one of these valves (shown above) into that factory plug. Hardwares stores have the same plugs in a plastic form.
I copied his advice, and made a couple, but on one it had a slight leak so I unscrewed it and applied some epoxy to it's thread, then threaded it back in where the threads were already cut. It has worked fine for 7 years now, But I do remove that plug, valve and all using a deep well socket, when I drain the tank in the winter. No dis-similar metal reaction questions at all, but I do make sure the card says, "Solid brass", none of this plated stuff on that valve.
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