Water Routing Confusion
I'm not understanding how the 3-way ball valve is supposed to be working. Right now it's horizonal in the drawing below, and yet I still get hot water. In the current configuration is it functioning...
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philh wrote:
There was nothing that appeared to be a check valve at the top of the tank, but will look for one.
Disconnect hot water line connection to nipple on tank......inside nipple is check valve (simple plastic plunger/spring/o-ring held in place with a plastic 'c' clip
If no check valve.......previous owner probably gutted internals when the cheap plastic junk failed on them and wouldn't allow hot water to flow out of WH.
In that case you can install another check valve or install a shut-off valve in hot outlet line.
Check valve or shut-off only needed when 'winterizing' WH.
