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Skipg
Explorer
Aug 10, 2019

Maintaining air gap in new Atwood water heater

I am familiar with the procedure of how to get an air gap in a RV water heater to prevent pressure valve leak, but this new Atwood water heater just will not maintain the air gap. Do you think it i...
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time2roll
Nomad
Aug 10, 2019
For a permanent solution consider a small expansion tank.

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Expansion is an issue for closed systems. Mine would leak at the water pump fittings if the WH would heat a tank of cold water with no usage. Took a lot of time to eventually find the intermittent issue.

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