Plumbing forum - Re: Winterizing a summer home-Hot Water heater..

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Re: Winterizing a summer home-Hot Water heater..

Charles Pisano

2006-09-05, 1:25 pm

Anything to look out for when draining this? Can I just drain out half
of it or most of it? Thanks
CP

Taurus

2006-09-05, 5:25 pm

This is a step by step Instruction on how to drain a water heater...

Step 1: Shut off electrical at the panel, breaker or fuses.

Step 2: Shut the water off to the tank at the valve.

Step 3: Turn on a hot water tap to relieve the water pressure, when there is
no more water coming out of the tap, flip open the relief valve (Located on
top of the tank).

Step 4: Connect a hose to the drain outlet at the bottom of the tank, and
run the hose outside or to a floor drain (Make sure that at no time does any
length of the hose go higher then the drain, make sure hose is lower than
the drain outlet and running down hill) this will aid in proper drainage.

Step 5: Gently rock the tank until it is evident that all the water is out
of the tank, if it is close the valve and then the relief valve.

That is all there is to it. A.A

Mike Grooms

2006-09-05, 5:25 pm

Taurus,

I'm going to take it easy on you because I'm a kind person, but your
advice left a little to be desired.

First of all, it's a great idea to shut off the electric, unless
it's a gas WH, in which case, the gas must be turned off.

Secondly, it's a bad habit, not that I haven't done it before
myself, to mess with the relief valve at all. Those things are touchy,
and just fooling around can cause them to drip. You advised that the
relief valve be opened before draining the tank (at least down below the
level of the RV itself). Won't water come out through the relief valve
if you do this??

Thirdly, and this was especially interesting. You said that he
should rock the water heater back and forth. How do you rock a water
heater back and forth if it's still connected to the piping?

Fourthly, since he's winterizing a home, it'd be a bad mistake to
shut off the cold water inlet. That valve would hold water that could
freeze and cause a leak. The cold water valve should be opened as the
heater drains.

Other than that, your advice was just fine.

Snakebite

2006-11-23, 5:25 pm

I was thinking along stupid Canadian theory, put a few .44's
in it.

"Taurus" <krista22@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:6PjLg.9510$9u.131708@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> This is a step by step Instruction on how to drain a water heater...
>
> Step 1: Shut off electrical at the panel, breaker or fuses.
>
> Step 2: Shut the water off to the tank at the valve.
>
> Step 3: Turn on a hot water tap to relieve the water pressure, when there
> is
> no more water coming out of the tap, flip open the relief valve (Located
> on
> top of the tank).
>
> Step 4: Connect a hose to the drain outlet at the bottom of the tank, and
> run the hose outside or to a floor drain (Make sure that at no time does
> any
> length of the hose go higher then the drain, make sure hose is lower than
> the drain outlet and running down hill) this will aid in proper drainage.
>
> Step 5: Gently rock the tank until it is evident that all the water is out
> of the tank, if it is close the valve and then the relief valve.
>
> That is all there is to it. A.A
>
>
>
>

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