Caravan Drain Down Valve Replacement 

Something I need to do, thanks for the reminder👍Keep safe Mark & Coral👍

Great information Phil, keep these ‘to do’ vids coming, being new to caravaning find useful to know

Thanks for this video as need to do mine 👍

Great Vid Phil give people confidence to change theirs and save some spondulics.

Hi Phil. Great video. I'll keep this in mind if we ever need to replace it. (Very expensive 😳) thanks again Paul

Looks like a nice easy fix thanks for sharing

Hi Phil, As usual, another really informative video from you. I've got the same Truma water heater. I will 'mentally' store the content away should I ever need it in the future and quite a simple fix too. But I wonder why it failed so quickly?

Mine sometimes drips, if I flick it back and forth a couple of times and leave it in the opposite “closed” position to the last time I used it I find it stops. Glad you’ve easily sorted yours (and you have much better access than mine that’s tucked far under the fixed bed). While you’re under there Phil, I noticed that panel on the left that your surge damper us screwed to, it looked a bit loose. Maybe a quick screw tighten required 😊

Good video, you have shown how easy some of the repairs/parts replacement are and pointed out how we are ripped off by the Caravan/RV trade. Why are parts so expensive? I had to replace the kitchen & bathroom taps a few years ago and the difference in price between domestic taps and the taps I required for the Caravan was well over £100 more expensive for the Caravan taps.

Hi Phil, interesting video. We’ve had a similar issue after having an Alde Flow fitted at the Alde factory. The Alde Flow is an additional water heater, which pre-heats the water before entering the main boiler. It means they also fit an additional drain down valve. We were seeing drips mainly from the new valve but also from the original. Alde explained that the valve is also a pressure relief valve, and it will vent if the air cushion within the boiler has been lost. The air cushion is replenished at every refill after draining. It’s detailed within the manual. I would expect the principle is the same for a Truma boiler. I noticed that as soon as I turned a tap on the drip stopped. Alde also said a faulty valve could also be the issue.

£47 ??? 😂😂 for a bit of plastic ? That’s a lot as of most caravan bits ? But still at least you saved on the fitting mines not leaked yet but will keep a look out