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profdant139
Explorer II
Nov 30, 2015

Manual water tank heater hose: see update in first post

(Update -- this simple device really works in the real world. We just spent a week in Yosemite where it did not get above freezing for four days in a row -- and the water lines did not freeze! It wa...
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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Nov 30, 2015
profdant139 wrote:
bguy, I thought about the relief valve as a source of hot water. But I did not want to mess around with that valve, for one thing -- it has a job to do, and I want it available if it is ever needed. Plus, in order to get water out of the valve, I would have to go out into the sub-freezing night and push down on the little lever. I'd rather stand at the kitchen sink. ;)


And you would have very hot 140*F water BLAST out of that T&P Relief
No control......and very good chance of getting scalded.

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