Water heater bypass
I've been reading several "winterizing" posts, and something just occurred to me. If you are blowing out the water lines instead of adding antifreeze, is it even necessary to bypass the water heater?...
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Mocoondo wrote:
...You should not be pressurizing anything. It is the volume of air that is *blowing* the lines out. If you are using a small 1gal tank to "pressurize" your water system, you are risking an incomplete evacuation of water.
Does your manual suggest that you should pressurize the system with all the faucet valves closed?
Your plumbing system is designed to be pressurized at something like 45 psi of water pressure as maintained by your water pump or fresh water supply. Air pressure less than that won't hurt it one bit.
Yes, my one gallon compressor has no chance of a complete blow out if I did the all faucets open at once method. That's why I do the open one at a time method and allow my small compressor to maintain the pressure in the lines. Same outcome, different method.
