In this video, we are literally letting it all out with the
dirty side of RV life. Here we go. We found an amazing DIY
that exposed what lurks in our water heater and ran into a
not-so-fun surprise in our RV water system. Whoa, what is
that? Consider this your warning and a viewer
discretion. Here we go. Babe, it's time. It's time. Why did
we wait until the hottest time of the year in Florida to do
this. I don't know. You act like I run the ship. I'm not
sure. You're the captain, captain. Great idea. I know everyone
watching is going to be like yes and you're going to love
it. Why don't I do everything? And you walk me through it. You
know like kind of like the underbelly but now it's like
something different. So we have a leak. We are actually
dropping the underbelly. Oh, it's leaking out the back here
too. Actually, it just... What'd you do? You know what, honey?
That does sound like a great idea. I know what the first
step is. Turn off the water heater. You just turn it off.
What's next? I think we're on to a good start here. Well, if
I take that, the old anode rod out. Yeah. Which by the way
hasn't been changed in almost 2 years. Why are you looking at
me like it's my fault? Like it was my idea the whole time to
put this off. Like you gave me a honey to-do list and I'm not
following it. Honey, I always listen to you. Give me, give me
this. Thanks, Hanks. It should say thanks a lot, Hanks. I say we
just like get rid of all the hot water out of the heater. Oh
yeah and the best way to do that is just... Let er rip. As
it's emptied, cold water should be coming back into it. It's
just not being heated up. Right, because we don't want to
burn ourselves, right? This is a ten-gallon water heater. Big
question though, do we like run all the faucets throughout the
RV? Let's do that. Get all the faucets in the RV. Get it nice
and hot in here. Let's go back downstairs. Everyone run.
Everyone freak out. Freak out. Freak out. He is just not
having it. He's like, have you not read my sign? Oh, I didn't...
Oh, getting a little salty there today, huh? I guess your
true colors are shining through for everyone on the camera.
Hey, guess what? What? This water's hot. You don't say.
Look at this poor water pressure. You're going to do
some dishes. Well, you might as well be in a... You better wash
that Bucee, Bucee mug over there. Your new Bucee mug. Show
it to everyone. Look at that bad boy. I needed a new like
coffee mug and it's you know, it's glass but I like drinking
coffee out of like a real mug. It's ceramic, honey. After we
empty the water heater, what's the next game plan? Yeah, the
rod. Do you know where the new rod is? Yeah, I know, I know
where it is. I think I I think I know where it is. Here's the
issue with the water heater and, and being in Florida during the
hottest time of year, the hottest time of the day.
Like cold water doesn't really come out of the ground here.
It's actually a really good point. See, what you're saying
is it might continually just push out hot water, like we
never even needed the water heater in the first place here in
Florida. Yeah. People in Florida are like, what do you
mean you need a water heater? Everything's hot. Oh, it's
starting to get chilly. No, it's not. I thought you just
said there's no cold water in Florida. I mean, it's not hot
anymore. It's just warm. Maybe turn off the one up there so I
could really feel it. You would like that, wouldn't you? I'm
going to go do that. Okay. She's bossy pants today. I'm not
going to lie. Alright, dear. Carl. All done. Is that water
pressure better? Here's the thing. You gotta just keep one
faucet on because we're doing a test to see how long it lasts
and when you turn all of them on, it skews the result. Give me
some good energy. Wait, let's go. While this is, let's go get
some supplies. That's what I'm talking about. Yeah, let's do
that. That's what I was thinking. It's really hot out
here. Changed my mind. See what I have to put up with. I'm just
like, let's get stuff done and Carl's just like...
Oh, found it. Oh, look at that. It's still in the package. Can
I get an apology for you thinking I threw it away? I'm
sorry. Yeah, that's what I thought. Just kidding.
You're forgiven. Do you need any help at all? Yeah, you
know, I'll just do everything. It's fine. Look at this little do-
hicky. I'm finally a glad we're taking this out of the plastic
like a year and a half later. That's what I'm talking about.
Where are you going? You forgot that. I'm going to kind of help
here. Exhibit A, a water heater. This thing has not been
changed in two years almost and it's, I have a feeling when we
take this out, it's going to be down to nothing. How often are
you supposed to check this again? Once a year. Once a
year? We've been wanting to do this for so long but when you
have a YouTube channel, you know, you have to not only like
do the work but you have to like film it and getting the
camera out isn't as easy as just whipping the camera out.
It's a big production. I gotta look like I didn't just roll
out of bed. I gotta put a little makeup on. Wait, wait,
wait. Is is is this the look? This is it. This is... This is
what you get. Beautiful. This is pre-sweat so just get ready.
It is a toasty one today. We're in heat advisory too. What is
wrong with us? Let's see if it's still hot, Come out.
Alright, we're following you. Oh, careful. There are some
steps there. I think it might be done. Well, just as long as
we're not burning our faces off when we take out that anode rod.
Yeah, that's fine. That's fine. Yeah. You think I'll be okay
when it comes out? Let's get it done. Well, we're ready. We're
actually making it happen today. This is exciting. See
what happens when you just do stuff actually. Let me get my
protective eyewear. Yeah, let's make sure we stay hydrated
today, okay? Let's just do like the good ole, good ole ice
water. Oh, Bucee's. If you haven't been to Bucee's yet? Go check
it out. It's the most bomb gas station in the world and the
biggest one, not sponsored. I wish we were. Think I know what
I'm doing. I think, okay. Yeah, there you go. Nice. This is a
pressure relief valve. It sits at the top of the actual water
heater and it releases some of that extra pressure in there.
You feel it coming loose? Yeah. Look at that. You have to drain
all the hot water out of this thing before you do this
because this would be full of hot water. Right. You don't
want to burn yourself. Exactly. So, we tested the water in
there and even though it was slightly warm, it wasn't
scolding hot. Was hoping this would be longer so I could be like.
Nervous. I'm nervous. Moment of truth. We're going to see how
this thing is like barely anything. Here we go. Here we
go. This is all fresh water coming out of here so... It
shouldn't hurt anything. Whoa. Whoa. Get your bucket under
control. Goodness. Wow. This is not as bad as I thought it
would be. All the calcium deposits and everything get
attached to that bad boy so that the water heater isn't
looking like this inside. It's like it sacrifices itself so
the water heater doesn't have to... Wow. The water heater is just
lettin er rip. There's like sediment in there. Did you guys
see all that sediment that came out in the beginning? Oh yeah,
we're going to get all that out. We're going to try. So,
we're not going to sanitize the tank today with like the whole
vinegar trick. This is just a good reminder for you guys to
like check your water heater whether you have a professional
come do it or you're handy enough and you know what you're
doing. Yeah. Public service announcement. Check your anode
rods, your ARs. Well, we have a fresh one so we're
going to pull out a fresh one there but look at all the
sediment at the bottom here. This the hose you're talking
about? Yeah, that's the one. Dark in here. So, you come back
here much. It's your first time back here. Get out of here,
Carl. Alright, little recap so far. It's super easy, all you gotta
do, run your hot water out until it's completely cold. Go shut
off the water, release the pressure off the back of the
water heater, and then go ahead and take that anode rod out.
Should be good to go. Now we're going to go ahead and flush all
the sediment out. You'll see here in just a second just how
much sediment builds up over time usually sits at the bottom
of the water heater so we want to make sure we get all
that out because if not it will start corroding and eating away
at the water heater. I mean the anode rod can only do so much.
He's a one-man team here and he's just doing his best,
alright? How you making out here? Priming the water out of
this. Ah. Whoa. Watch your spray, lady. Look at these
stinking ants here. Oh, you bugger. I know what you're up
to. Oh, cool, this comes with instructions exactly what we're
doing. This is cool. Let me see that and put the weapon down.
Okay. It shows all the sediment at the bottom. So, you're
going to face it in a downward angle and pull back and attempt
to get that sediment. Let's see how much comes out. From the
bottom out to the outside. I like it. Alright, you want to
let er rip for me? Well, I'm going to let er rip. Give me a
second. Letting er rip in three, two, one. Whoa, that's got some
pressure on there. Remember, use that nozzle in a downward
angle. I think you got it though. Whoa. Wow. Wow. Have
you done this before? Look how dirty it is. Oh my goodness.
This is satisfying. Yeah. Wow. Wow. All that sediment that
sits on the bottom. Well, I just. That is just nasty stuff.
Did you know the the cold water inlet on these things is at the
bottom of the tank and the hot water inlet is at the top. What
was that that just came out? Yeah, that you'll probably see
a lot of sediment coming out. Wow, this is dirty. Wow. Wow.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Get your pressure under control lady.
Look at all the pieces that fell down that are like oh
yeah. Yeah. All these white pieces here is all calcium
deposits and stuff. Well that thing, it was so dirty in here
from that. Yeah. Maybe I mean a lot of it came out. Oh another
chunk came out but you let some pressure build up there. Oh
she's going to rip. Yep. Let me give it a little twist here. I
got it. Oh jeez. I can't control it. Oh. Oh. Sorry
honey. Honey, I'm sorry. He's filming so I can't... She can't
kill me. Can't kill me if I'm filming. Wait til you're not
filming anymore. What? Give me this thing. Give me. I got the
camera so don't get me wet. Nice, Ney Ney. I'm all wet now.
It's fun being married to you. You know what? I was just
going to say the same about you. This is a good life you
and I live. We put up with each other's shenanigans.
Concentration is so real. Hold on. Sorry, did I get you guys a
little wet back there? Hello. You in there? Great. Hey,
honey. Hi. Even see in there? A little bit. We're done. Yeah.
Alright, let's put a fresh anode rod in there. I'll grab some
thread tape as well. Okay, new one. Okay. Old one. Whoa.
Okay, hold those nice and still. Let's get a close-up on
those bad boys. So, it wasn't as bad as our last one though.
Remember that last one? It was like literally like a thread
of... And that's weird because that one was only a year old. I
know. So this is two years old and do you think it's because
it all started to build up inside the tank. Maybe. You're doing
good there. Wow. I've never put thread tape on something before.
Because you can't have water leaking out of your water
heater. We won't have enough hot water. Right. How much
thread tape? Just. Not a ton. That's pretty good. What do you
think? Oh, it's great. So, we got the Teflon tape up on here
pretty good. I guess I just. Yeah, this Teflon tape right
here. You just wrap it around the threads themselves and it
kind of gives it a little extra grip when you're putting it in
there. And it came with this. Yeah, which is really cool. All
the stuff we used today like the sprayer and this anode rod which
comes with a Teflon tape. It comes with two of them. We're
going to put in the description below so you guys like can get
it. You don't have to get it whatever you want. Alright,
let's put it in. So, now we gotta tighten this puppy back
up. Is it threading okay? Yeah. I think you did good. Yeah.
We're going to turn the water back on and you'll hear water,
immediately, will go into this tank. So, since this pressure
relief valve sits at the top, as the water fills up, the
tank, obviously, it's going to create more air pressure at the
top as it's rising. So, every once in a while, just kind of
burp it and let that air pressure out and then when it
actually starts overflowing with water, you'll know that
your water tank is completely full and then you can go ahead
and turn on the electrical unit again, to start heating
up that water. Don't start heating up the water with the
electric if the water tank is empty because you can burn out
that heating element and then you just have another thing to
fix. Some people say you do want there to be like air on
the top. I personally believe we should just get water coming
out just so that we know for sure it's completely full.
Yeah. I'm not a I'm not a professional here so. I heard
it. She's getting, filling up. We got 10 gallons to go. Maybe
like eight by now. Who's counting? No problem just
sitting out here in the heat and dying of heat stroke. I'm
all good. Wow. Look at all the sediment in the bottom of the
bucket. We did good there girlfriend. We did. We got all that
nasty out. That was just sitting in there. What do we do
with this piece? Just throw her out. Oh, I hear something. Uh
oh. It might fill up. I didn't hear a lot coming out. No water
yet. Nothing. We got water.
Let's let that dry and go from there. Alright.
Alright, what do you, what are we doing here? We're going to
clean this. You know, when we go to brush your teeth, it's
kind of building up and splashing back on you.
It's like...
You're not allowed. You're just done. Why? Stop it. Okay. Get
out. Look at this. I don't know if people recommend snaking
your drain. It seems like, seems like anytime you own an RV,
everyone's like, oh you can't do that in an RV, like use Draino.
Snake a drain. You know, they're like, no, it's an RV.
Don't do that. Okay, I'm going to use this as my dirty
towel. I don't care what you say, I'm doing it. We're also
going to do the baking soda and vinegar trick but take it from
Carl. That did not work in the past. You guys may have a
different story and you're like, oh, it works. Well, let
me tell you, it's never worked for us. It looks like a cool
science experiment but it never works. You ready? Yeah, I'm
ready. Hold on. Hmm. Okay, here we go. I'm so nervous. Oh, it's
a little nasty in there, isn't it? It's really bad already.
It's dark. Oh, look at the, the crud on the sides. I know. I'm
just kidding. Oh, I don't ever look down there. Here we go.
Let er rip. Let's do it. Go. Oh. Not much. Wait, there's
something on this side. Let me try it. Wow. Whoa. What is
that? If I paid you $300, would you lick that up? $300. I'd do
it for ten bucks. You know what we should do is probably take
off the, the P-trap and clean it that way. I ain't doing
that. No, let's do the vinegar and the thing in this now. It
doesn't work but okay. Well, it helps a little bit. It cleans
it. Okay. Okay. Hit it with some vin. Oh, yes. See? Cool
science experiment but is it really helping? Now I'm going to
get some hot water. Okay, thanks for the warning. I'll just wait
here. Whoa. Look at all that coming up. That is so weird. Why is it
not draining though? The baking powder. Too much baking powder
shoved down there so it's trying to... How many people are
going to be like this guy on YouTube don't know what he's
talking about. You're darn right I don't. Once in a while
I do. Whoa. Let's do the hot water next so it pushes the
baking soda down so that when we put the vinegar in it or
like the, the chemical reaction happens from the bottom. So
it's... Okay. There. Here we go. Let er rip. See, look at
all that coming up. There's so... Wow, it's de... Oh. Oh my
goodness. I told you this was going to work. It's going back down.
Don't let it go down. I told you it would work. Everyone's
going to be like, Carl, you done screwed up. I admit it. I
admit when I'm wrong. Okay, so you'll have to hand me stuff
for this next part. You don't need to yell at me. Or do we
put the fan on? Absolutely, don't do it. If you haven't
seen that video, one of our personal favorites. It's
hilarious. You gotta watch it. We'll leave it linked above.
It's one of our oldies. Guys, I'm telling you, you need to go
back and watch all of our old content. We have so many funny
skits and so many funny videos. You may be thinking by the
title and thumbnail and you're like, I don't want to watch it.
Watch it because it's pretty good. Thanks, Hanks. We're
here for you. Shout out to all my thick-haired girls. That's
going to do it for me. I'm out. It smells like soap though.
Gnarly. Coming over. Thanks. No problem. Trash can. Let's keep
our work area clean here people. Paper towel for my
hands. Paper towel. Can you go down to the cabinet and get
more baking soda for me? You said bottom left. Bottom right.
Top left. Top left. I was going to go for that one next.
Okay. Oh boy. Pink lemonade. Found it. Oh my goodness. Whoo.
Close that. Nope. We're done. Get her in there good. Okay.
Hot water next. Water. Okay. Boom. Boom. Oh. Yeah. Look at
it draining nice now. Oh and we got hot water too. We are
just winning in the Hanks family today. I tell you what.
1-800 Thanks Hanks. That's what I'm talking about.
That's all folks. See you next week.