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Originally Posted by yeabuddy
I just read that leaving water in the water heater can contaminate and permanently damage the water heater. We left the camper a week ago today and couldn't open the water heater to drain it because I didn't have the right tool. so its been sitting full ever since and we won't get back up there until this coming Thursday night. do you think everything will be okay or should I call the campground owners and or neighbors and see if they can drain it for us?
Thanks in advance for your help,
yeabuddy
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Leaving water in the heater (in iteself) will not damage the heater at all.... It's a tank... Designed to hold water
What can damange it is a worn out (exhausted) annode rod. This should be checked once or twice a year - depending on quality of water you normally have.
A full tank can also freeze, expand, and rupture the tank - if weather conditions are right and the water is not heated.
I almost never drain my HWH. With the exception of inspection of annode rod.