Hooking up directly to hot water tank
After extensive renovations/repairs to our 1985 Shasta travel trailer, we are ready to re-hook up the hot water heater but are at a bit of a loss. When we bought the camper all all of the piping leadi...
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I can't make anything out from those pictures of pipes other than your water heater is disconnected. You should be able to reconnect the pipes to the water heater by matching the existing pipes to the cutoff pieces in the water heater (you have one short and one long stub on the heater-the corresponding long-short should be the opposite with the inlet piping).
If they don't correspond, the heater has an inlet usually with a "tee" from the cold water. The outlet will be a single pipe to the hot water side of your plumbing fixtures.
Note: this would be a good time to install a "bypass kit for winterization", basically three valves and two tees. Search the internet or CW for the kit to see how this fits into the plumbing system.
Tools: If you buy Sharkbite fittings, you won't need any tools besides a pipe cutter. If you use the flair type fittings, you'll need a pipe cutter, a wrench or a channel lock pliers to tighten the fittings.
Good luck with the plumbing.
If they don't correspond, the heater has an inlet usually with a "tee" from the cold water. The outlet will be a single pipe to the hot water side of your plumbing fixtures.
Note: this would be a good time to install a "bypass kit for winterization", basically three valves and two tees. Search the internet or CW for the kit to see how this fits into the plumbing system.
Tools: If you buy Sharkbite fittings, you won't need any tools besides a pipe cutter. If you use the flair type fittings, you'll need a pipe cutter, a wrench or a channel lock pliers to tighten the fittings.
Good luck with the plumbing.
