So so thanks to an old thread I just read here I believe my water heater is a Suburban water heater.
http://www.irv2.com/forums/f103/subu...ng-156614.html
This is what happened when I cleaned mine yesterday :
- Water heater was turned off since the night before
- Closed water from water well.
- Relieved pressure by opening a faucet.
- Forgot to tell girlfriend I was doing this (you'll find out why I mention this in a second)
- Started to remove the anode rod to empty the tank
- Got completely covered in white stuff and water as the rod shot out of the tank (girlfriend noticed water not coming out of sink so she turned on motor home pump creating pressure).
So I took a wire clothes hanger and kept scraping the white stuff out of the tank while I let the water pressure from my water well push everything out through the anode hole. I couldn't scrape hard enough since I didn't have much leverage so I'm sure it wasn't hard enough to damage anything in case the water heater has some kind of liner.
Attached are pictures of that white stuff which I now believe are lime/calcium deposits?
Since I don't have one of those water heater wands my plan is to just pour a few gallons of vinegar into my 100' water hose, connect the hose to the RV then turn on the water well. This will push the vinegar through everything and into the empty water heater tank. Once it's full leave it overnight and remove the anode again in the morning to let it all come out. Is there anything wrong with this idea?