Rbertalotto wrote:
These hot water tanks usually have three valves.
"I read it on the internet so it must be true!" :S
Whether any water heater is plumbed with a 1, 2, or 3 valve system or is even equipped with a bypass of any kind is entirely up to the trailer manufacturer and no one method is necessarily any more common than another. For sure, a 3 valve is the easiest to understand as many just don't realize 1 and 2 valve systems utilize check valve(s) instead of valves to accomplish the same task. My current Freedom Express is equipped with an Atwood water heater plumbed with a 3-valve bypass system but in the past I've owned rigs with 1, 2, and even no bypass systems.