Water Heater Check Valve
Hi, I am about to replace my Suburban SW6D water heater and I noticed the hot water outlet had a check valve installed but the cold water inlet did not. Should there be a check valve on both inlet...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
RV MFGs install those check valves cause they are cheap and easy to do prior to installation of WH
Cheaper then a shutoff valve/piping/connections for valve and the labor
Winnebago and another MFG go even farther by installing check valves in Cold Inlet
I have 3 valves (cold in/Hot out/Bypass) and NO Cheap junk check valves
Yes you can do away with the check valve
Might I suggest installing a Sharkbite, Gatorbite, FlairIt shutoff valve on Hot out so If needed WH Tank can be isolated and bypassed
Just curious:
Why the replacement of that Suburban WH?
The water heater was 8 years old and even after having it serviced I was getting a lot of propane fumes inside the rig, something I never experienced when the RV was new.
After removing it I noticed the tank was a little rusted on the outside bottom so I decided just to replace the unit.
Where I live and travel the water is extremely hard and even though I replace the anode yearly I am sure it takes a toll.
They are not terribly expensive online so I thought a new one was the prudent way to go.
