Water won’t drain from hot water heater
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- Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2018
- This is a quick video showing you how I got my water to drain from my hot water heater. The spigot was clogged with lime scale. Remember...BEFORE YOU DO THIS TURN YOUR HOT WATER HEATER OFF FOR AT LEAST 12 HOURS OR YOU WILL GET SCALDED. MINE WAS STILL WARM WHEN I DRAINED IT!!!
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Thank you dabernathy! I am a widow and live in the country where we cannot always get someone out here to help. My water heater isn't heating the water very well so I decided to drain it, but had same problem as yours. I was able to follow your instructions and got it drained so a big THANK YOU from a red dirt road in Texas!!
Happy to have helped a Country Girl. Glad it worked for you. 🙂
whoever had the idea for plastic drain valves on water heaters is a sadist
Plastic doesn't corrode closed.
Hey, D.. You are the Man. Saved my hide & Sanity. The wire method Did Not WoRk. I don't have an air hose. I removed the top valve cover. Line still Plugged. However this angle Allowed me to insert the wire into the Tank & a geyser of Water flew out.
Big Things Up
Clear hand helpful thanks. Any problem that can't be solved with a wire hanger and/or duct tape probably will never be solved.
Thank you for posting. Last time drained my water heater I had a floor filled with water trying to fight my plug. Your trick made it way easier. Thanks so much.
Mike
A suggestion. If you leave the water pressure ON when you first open that valve (with hose like you have it), The pressure will blast that debris out. THEN turn off water and gravity drain. almost all old ones will have sludge in the bottom so you clear that with water pressure on (Not heater tho just water pressure) Then gravity drain.
Thanks for posting buddy. I had no idea what to do lol.
Thanks a ton! My 80 gallon WH is 19 years old and it needed drain so I can put in a hybrid 80 gallon WH. Mine is draining really slow but much more than before!
Thank you for this. I used a thin screwdriver instead of the coat hanger and the lime scale came out looking just like that on your floor. We also used your two hose solution which helped a lot.
I would change out that cheap plastic thing with a ball valve. Makes draining so much easier. Great video
This worked for me. Make sure you turn the power off the water heater the night before. I got blasted with water and sediment.
Great advice. Never changed heating element before and I had to do exactly what you did to drain. Seems as if I’ll need to flush this 3 yr old tank of sediments
You save the day for me. I put two hoses on mine after watching your video and it drained out of the top hose. Thanks for your help. Your video help me accomplish the task
Awesome!
Thanks! The last few times I had to pull the lower element and it shot across the room into the far wall.
That helps. Thanks man. Lazy video said you fed if you have a plastic valve.
I have a State water heater with the same plastic valve. I was wondering what thread the shut off was. I have plywood floors and didn't want to do anything like: Man you're not going to believe this......
Thanks for posting!
+1 on having the second hose. That was a great technique. Much easier to thread the second hose than stuffing the original valve plug back in. Also, keep an air lock on the input/output water pipes on the heater and there is not much water flowing once you snake the sediment out. I had already remove input/output water hoses but just used one of the old hoses for a loopback. Thanks again for the video.
Thanks for the tip! I was having the same issue and the coat hanger did the trick.
Thanks!!!! Worked so well.
Same here you are the man I had the same issue with sediment and could not get it to drain it was so heavy and my dolly couldn’t even move it. You’re a lifesaver man!
Thank you very much understand why my hot water heater didn't drain I seen a little white dot but I wasn't really sure now I know what to do
Glad it helped!
Thank you thank you thank you :)
I had to gab the hole for a couple seconds, but the water came right now. It did come out a lot slower than I thought, was easy enough to hold a towel over it and reapply the cap. This worked perfectly. 2 hours trying to figure this out.
At least you got what you needed without spending even more time. Glad it helped!!!
Precisely what I needed to do on my 3 year old AO Smith water heater. And yes - the water GUSHED out; great tip on the additional water hose. Thanks for taking the time to post this.
Another way to drain cool water is to first turn off energy to heat the water in the tank. Then turn on a couple hot water faucets in the structure (house) for about 10 minutes or until you feel the water getting cool then you are ready to drain without getting scalded.
spiritalan I turned on the hot water in several sinks and waited until the water was Luke warm then shut off the water. Worked great!
Why waste it? Take a shower. Wash dishes. Do laundry. (credit: AmplifyDIY)
@AndreaCuchetto who said they didn't that. YOU DON'T KNOW........
Great thought on 2nd hose!
Thank you so much, going to try it now.
awesome video and to the point. much respect
Im glad it helped.
Stay open cold water valve, don't turn off valve above water heater, turn open drain then running out water then turn off cold water valve above water heater then loosen and remove hot hose or tube from water heater, running drain-look clear running water out
Yep that was it. Thanks!!!
Thank you sir. Saved the day for me.
Excellent!
Awesome Thanks a ton !
Thanks this help me
Thanks for this!!
Good idea 👍
Thank you!
That still didn’t work. It wasn’t until I removed the hot water out flow from the top that it began to drain.
I did that also from watching another video.
Thank you
Thx man helped 🙏
Thank you!! This video really helped us today! The slow trickle I was getting from the 89 gallon old hot water heater would have taken Forever to drain. Your trick and the 2 hose had it empty in an hour!
Mine wont drain...6yr old wster heater..ball.valve hole is clear.....very odd..just drips out...i stick a clothes hsnger wire in about 8 inches...goes in fine...but no water come out...dripdrip
Its not vented. You need to turn off your water then open a couple faucets hot side or in between to have a mix. I don't like opening the blow off valve because many of them won't seal or shut off completely after that.
Use an air compressor to put air back through the drain hose- repeat until the tank is empty.
Your method can result in water draining on a floor that might not be able to get wet.. or a closet, etc. To much and somebody is going to want a new floor ( ing) We pros have to do this 💯 all the time or else.
thank you
My pleasure!
Wouldn't a regular hose bib cap work instead of a second hose?
Perhaps in some cases. In my case I think I answer that question at 2:49. I needed air flow and a second hose provided both overflow and airflow for me.
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when did they start making Hot water heaters, thought they were just water heaters that heated up cold incoming water?
For when your hot water just isn't hot enough
You can just open a hot water tap upstairs it vents without the mess
Thanks. Will try that first next time.
And here i was for an hour with a shop vac hooked up to end of water hose getting less than a gal per minute
That hose looks cross threaded.
If I were you, I wouldn't be putting all that sediment down my drain pipe. It looks to me that you are making this job a lot more complicated than it needs to be. If the water heater drain valve gets plugged from draining sediment out of the water heater, simply back-flush using a double female garden hose thread coupling to unclog it.
It’s actually a “water heater” If the water was already hot you wouldn’t need a heater.
yeah, even unscrewed a little, the stupid plastic handle doesn't allow water to drain, and only when you fully unscrew the 'handle' and it comes off does it start to drain. so dumb!