Forum Discussion

Jgeorger1's avatar
Jgeorger1
Explorer
Sep 26, 2015

montana 293rks water heater bypass location

The owner's manual says it is "somewhere near the water heater".
Can anyone be more specific?.
Why is the owners manual on a 15k car ten times better than on a 50K fifth wheel?
  • Have you looked at the backside of water heater.....accessed from inside RV?

    On the backside Cold water inlet will be the bottom line going into WH Tank, Hot water outlet will be the top line coming out of WH Tank and the Bypass will be on the line connecting Cold & Hot lines

    Valving could be combination of all kinds of valves
    3 valve....cold/bypass/hot each have a shutoff valve
    2 valve...cold/bypass have valves and hot just a check valve
    2 valve...cold/hot have 3-way valves
    1 valve...cold have a 3-way valve and hot a check valve

    SO access backside of WH Tank and then follow lines/valving to understand which system you have
  • there is an owners forum montanaowners.com could give you an answer I am sure
  • Jgeorger1 wrote:
    The owner's manual says it is "somewhere near the water heater".
    Can anyone be more specific?.
    Why is the owners manual on a 15k car ten times better than on a 50K fifth wheel?

    government mandates
  • If there is a by pass.. (some don't have them) It will be on the backside of the water heater. Access from a panel, or inside a cabinet or behind a drawer from the inside of your trailer.