A little confused about winterizing
I hate to add to all the post about winterizing, but I'm a little boggled. Everything about winterizing seems pretty simple and straightforward but when I looked at the valve set up for my water heat...
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You have the same system I have..3 valve, it is after all the best system.
I will call the valves red, blue and bi-color
To bypass close both RED and BLUE valves (the valves which have ONLY RED or Blue pipes) and open the valve that is Bi-color (One red, one blue)
When sumemr comes and you want to use it again Reverse, close the bi-color and open the other two
After bypassing get a length of 1/2 inch pipe a six inch "nipple" will be good
now remove the drain plug (outside) and replace with the pipe. then manually open the TPR valve (The releif valve) using the lever
NOTE: stand clear, or you will get wet both when removing the plug and when opening the valve.
Finally close valve (once drained) and replace plug to prevent insects from entering..
There is an alternate way as well (install hose with vlave) that way you don't get wet NEXT year. But I do not recommend this in most cases (you need to do special things)
If the water heater is an Atwood..Remove the RED wire from the ECO, don't forget to replace it come spring. This prevents accidental operation with the heater empty.
I will call the valves red, blue and bi-color
To bypass close both RED and BLUE valves (the valves which have ONLY RED or Blue pipes) and open the valve that is Bi-color (One red, one blue)
When sumemr comes and you want to use it again Reverse, close the bi-color and open the other two
After bypassing get a length of 1/2 inch pipe a six inch "nipple" will be good
now remove the drain plug (outside) and replace with the pipe. then manually open the TPR valve (The releif valve) using the lever
NOTE: stand clear, or you will get wet both when removing the plug and when opening the valve.
Finally close valve (once drained) and replace plug to prevent insects from entering..
There is an alternate way as well (install hose with vlave) that way you don't get wet NEXT year. But I do not recommend this in most cases (you need to do special things)
If the water heater is an Atwood..Remove the RED wire from the ECO, don't forget to replace it come spring. This prevents accidental operation with the heater empty.
