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Re: Hot water heater shutoff.
Thanks Old-Biscuit! Confirmed yesterday the HW heater has check valve on hot side. This wasn't explained to me when we took delivery, previous camper had 2 shut offs and I wasn't thinking about this as an option at all. So to confirm I put the valve (in photo above) in bypass, pulled the HW heater plug (on outside of camper) and pressurized the system and no water came out the plug hole. I also need to add, for anyone reading this in the future, a correction to my opening post, the HW tank was not backfilling through the hot side as I incorrectly thought. I was operating the valve incorrectly. As others have enlightend me, the valve position as shown will fill the HW tank.248Views0likes0CommentsRe: TV Mount help
Bucky Badger wrote: nice job Thank you! It's a solid setup. I'm happy with how it turned out. Although I didn't need a stud finder to mount the outside bracket I had one and tested it in the area I knew there was a stud. It was like my past experiences using a stud finder in the house, I would only count on it as additional evidence of a stud. Sometimes it indicated one, sometimes it didn't and the edge indications weren't always the same. Again, in this case it didn't matter for me as I was able to "see" the stud and make reference measurements off it, giving me a much higher level of confidence that I wasn't drilling in the wrong place.456Views0likes0CommentsRe: Hot water heater shutoff.
Old-Biscuit wrote: That is a 3 way cold inlet shutoff & bypass valve. Current position with handle parallel with bottom line is OPEN (allows cold water into bottom of WH Tank) Turn handle 1/4 turn......handle pointing up (parallel with vertical line) is BYPASS position. Stops water from going into bottom of WH and allows cold water to flow thru vertical line up to hot outlet line In hot outlet line (hidden in picture by flex duct) will be either: another valve (which has to be closed to stop flow backwards into WH tank via hot outlet) OR there is a check valve (internal of fitting on hot outlet) This sounds likely and I wasn't thinking about the possibility of a check valve on the hot side. That makes most sense. There is not a manual valve, I did check for that. Thanks much old-biscuit!248Views0likes0CommentsHot water heater shutoff.
This is our second RV so I'm not completely new at this, but I don't understand the hot water heater shutoff/isolation method in this camper. There is only one shutoff valve that I can find in this camper. As a result the hot water heater back fills (through the hot side) with the pink stuff. I want to isolate the hot water heater when filling the system with the pink stuff so I don't have to use 10 gallons of the stuff. Did Cruiser forget a shutoff? What am I missing/overlooking??? This is the only shutoff/valve in/out of the hot water heater: Also, In the photo I posted what direction would the water take with the valve in it's current position? (It will bypass the cold side of the hot water heater right?)2.1KViews0likes7CommentsRe: TV Mount help
Well I have to say this went much better than I expected. I finished up mounting the TV and both mounts I used are fantastic. Both very well made, high quality, sturdy and this little project turned out exactly the way I had hoped. Here are some photo's: Mounting location: TV mount fastened to slide out dresser top: Finished: The outside mount was much easier than I anticipated. This was only because I was able to open the refrigerator vent and could actually get a visual on a stud. Nonetheless it was still very nerve wracking drilling holes into the side of the camper. I used the screws and anchors that came with the mount plate and after placing the anchors in the holes I squirted a bunch of silicone in the holes before setting the screws. They went in nice and strong with solid hold, I feel good that there won't be any issues. The bracket is just to the left of the fridge vent:456Views0likes0CommentsRe: TV Mount help
Bucky Badger wrote: Do you have direct links to the 2 products? I purchased both off Amazon. Here are the links. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007HRUTS2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HJ6OCKW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1456Views0likes0CommentsRe: TV Mount help
crcr wrote: Check out this TV mount for 15 - 27" flat panel TV's, $9.89 shipped on Amazon Prime. I've mounted two TV monitors at our church with these mounts. Nice articulating mount for the price. I like the price. It doesn't solve my issue though. I want a mount that can be used in 2 locations. The one I purchased is made for that. A quick check inside the box, it appears to be quite solid and well made.456Views0likes0Comments
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