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bondj007
Explorer
May 02, 2016

Help! Water pump pressurizing when using hot water tank.

Decided to be a little proactive and replace my water pump. After install of my SHurflo 4008 I determined that my check valve on the hw tank needed replacing. That statement is simplifying 2 hours o...
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Bobbo
Explorer II
May 03, 2016
The water heater has 6 or 10 gallons of volume that need to be pressurized. Takes a few seconds.

Take a bicycle air pump and inflate a bicycle tire (small volume) by 1 additional pound. Do the same for a car tire (large volume) and see how many more pumps (extra seconds) it takes.

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