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egarant
Explorer III
Nov 03, 2020

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 and outlet?

Eric
  • Cold water line on some have a check valve to prevent hot water from backking into the cold water line.
  • Not generally. The check valve is there mainly as a part of the winterization bypass system (and whether it's needed for that or not depends on what exact valve arrangement you have for the bypass valves). Many water heaters, RV and otherwise, have no check valves at all.

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