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TKW
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Nov 13, 2018

Winterizing Question: Is My HWT Check Valve Leaking?

This pic is the HWT bypass set-up of my present TT. It only has one bypass valve & a check valve at the hot water outlet. Since last season, I started to blow the system clear of water before pu...
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PAThwacker
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Nov 16, 2018
I put a new bypass on the water heater and it failed. Same setup with valve on cold and only check valve on hot. Wasted $18 and 2 gallons of antifreeze. Going to just buy more antifreeze and let it rip through city water inlet and pressurize the hot out to the shower. Via sump pump in a tub pressure

I have a dedicated sump pump for winterizing campers and boat motors.

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