Help! No water coming out of any faucets on hot water side - Reflection Fifth Wheel

[LindaW]

It's an intermittent problem and just started happening for what seems no reason. This morning I was using the Kitchen faucet to wash dishes with no problem, and then about an hour later, for no reason, the hot water wouldn't come out at all and so my husband turned the electric switch off on the hot water heater so we could cool it down to try to flush the hot water heater, and now before we had a chance to flush it out, we just tried it again and now both hot and cold are working again. It's really crazy.

[DougW9876]

It sounds like there may be a bit of debris inside the water heater which is plugging the outlet when water tries to flow, and is falling away when no water is flowing. A good flush of the water heater and a careful inspection might find it if this is the problem.

[LindaW]

We are going to add water to our holding tank and if it does it again, we will try our water pump. We've always been on city water.

[LindaW]

That might be. A couple of weeks ago, it did this same thing, and we put 50/50 vinegar/water in it to set overnight and then flushed it out and it started working again. Some folks say you should turn the water heater on to let the solution soak. We did not do that because we weren't sure about it.

[Soundsailor]

we just tried it again and now both hot and cold are working again. It's really crazy.

Glad to hear it's working now.

[LindaW]

Thank you for all the ideas!

[Milkman]

Hello,
I think this is my first post after a few years reading many postings.

Anyway, I had the same issue this past summer. Turned out to be a check valve at the back of the water heater. A grand Design dealer changed it in about 2 hours and we were back on the road.

[Mark M]

I recently had the same problem. Turns out when I winterized (using my air compressor) I must have picked up some scale/debris (from perhaps the hot water heater?) and when I unscrewed the faucet diffuser (where the water comes out) it had enough junk to block the flow of water. It doesn't take much. I was very happy to find out it was an easy fix. I had visions of tearing the Nautilus apart, etc. Hope this helps! And Merry Christmas to all! Mark

[RoscoeTX]

If you have a conventional water heater, the cause is probably a bad check valve on the inlet of the water heater. Most dealers stock replacements and they are only about $15.00. Depending on the water heater location they are a challenge to replace, at least it was on my Reflection 230RL.