Your video was helpful, thanks you. Question; I feel like I cleaned my heater well, even though there's a bit of rust still present. Barring the possibility that I need to clean it to a high shine, it is still presenting some orange flame. As in, not 100% blue. Do I need to keep cleaning until the flame is blue, or will the residual particulates burn off? Also, I'm guessing that coating the port with anything is a bad call, but is there anything I could do to limit the return of rust? TIA
My understanding is for every cubic ft of propane burnt 4 cubic feet of moisture vapor is expelled so that rust is going to keep occurring. I wouldn’t worry about it. If the tube is clear and the flame is fairly blue maybe as good as it gets. If you’re having excessive soot you may want to disassemble a little more and make sure the tube is clear. Hope this helps
I'm hoping what you just showed me is the issue with my RV hot water heater. Mine is showing soot on the screen as well as up on the outside of the trailer above the hot water heater compartment. I shut off the propane so it's not available and I turned off the hot water heater switch inside the trailer for tonight. What made me suspicious though is I smelled something burning and I couldn't figure out what it was. But when I went back inside the water tank switch was red, I figured the propane tank was probably out of propane. So I went out and switched the tank over to a full one. Came back inside and turned on the hot water heater switch. I heard it ignite and then I saw through the kitchen window a brightness reflecting on the tree next to my trailer. I went out the door to see a flame coming out of the screen of the hot water heater door. Immediately I went back in and turned off the switch. Went back out and turned off the propane. It's too dark out now to work on it but I will in the morning. So the first thing I'm going to do is blow out anything that may be in the tube and inside the hot water heater. I noticed there is a wasp nest in the eve of the house I'm sitting near and we also have stink bugs here. I watched a video of another person who had ladybugs stuck in their hot water heater. He took his shop back and cleaned them out as well. So I will start there tomorrow to see what is wrong with my hot water heater. If that is as simple as it is I want to thank every camper and RV owner on UA-cam that has taught me this trick! 😊
Anode rod. It’s the rod that extends into the tank to help prevent corrosion. If you have just a plug it might have been replace with a plug only. It is usually make of zinc or magnesium and it will deteriorate over time. They’re fairly inexpensive on Amazon. I’ve bought them at local hardware and cut them for rv. Home heaters have the same rod, and with a water softener can cause a smell like rotten eggs. I’m not an expert on it. I hope it helps. RV stuff seems to keep a person busy.
Thumbs up on this video! Had the same problem in the gas tube. Packed with Stink Bugs!
Problem solved.
Thanks. Seems like stink bugs are our state bird.
Your video was helpful, thanks you.
Question; I feel like I cleaned my heater well, even though there's a bit of rust still present. Barring the possibility that I need to clean it to a high shine, it is still presenting some orange flame. As in, not 100% blue. Do I need to keep cleaning until the flame is blue, or will the residual particulates burn off? Also, I'm guessing that coating the port with anything is a bad call, but is there anything I could do to limit the return of rust? TIA
My understanding is for every cubic ft of propane burnt 4 cubic feet of moisture vapor is expelled so that rust is going to keep occurring. I wouldn’t worry about it. If the tube is clear and the flame is fairly blue maybe as good as it gets. If you’re having excessive soot you may want to disassemble a little more and make sure the tube is clear. Hope this helps
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I'm hoping what you just showed me is the issue with my RV hot water heater. Mine is showing soot on the screen as well as up on the outside of the trailer above the hot water heater compartment. I shut off the propane so it's not available and I turned off the hot water heater switch inside the trailer for tonight. What made me suspicious though is I smelled something burning and I couldn't figure out what it was. But when I went back inside the water tank switch was red, I figured the propane tank was probably out of propane. So I went out and switched the tank over to a full one. Came back inside and turned on the hot water heater switch. I heard it ignite and then I saw through the kitchen window a brightness reflecting on the tree next to my trailer. I went out the door to see a flame coming out of the screen of the hot water heater door. Immediately I went back in and turned off the switch. Went back out and turned off the propane. It's too dark out now to work on it but I will in the morning. So the first thing I'm going to do is blow out anything that may be in the tube and inside the hot water heater. I noticed there is a wasp nest in the eve of the house I'm sitting near and we also have stink bugs here. I watched a video of another person who had ladybugs stuck in their hot water heater. He took his shop back and cleaned them out as well. So I will start there tomorrow to see what is wrong with my hot water heater. If that is as simple as it is I want to thank every camper and RV owner on UA-cam that has taught me this trick! 😊
Good luck and thanks for the comment!
What rod ?
Anode rod. It’s the rod that extends into the tank to help prevent corrosion. If you have just a plug it might have been replace with a plug only. It is usually make of zinc or magnesium and it will deteriorate over time. They’re fairly inexpensive on Amazon. I’ve bought them at local hardware and cut them for rv. Home heaters have the same rod, and with a water softener can cause a smell like rotten eggs. I’m not an expert on it. I hope it helps. RV stuff seems to keep a person busy.
Nice 3500!
It’s a workhorse.