Water Heaters - Can I re-reouted the cold water line?
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tpaairman
02-07-09, 01:45 PM
I am certain that my dip tube is either missing or broken. I can't get it off without cutting the pipes, but at the same time, I can't find anywhere that sells them.
But as I was looking the heater over, I noticed something. I have an ECU, from the heat pump, and what I noticed was that it's supply to the water heater tank is at the bottom where the drain vavle is. They had taken the valve out, and put in a T in the vavle port on the tank. So the drain vavle is still there, but the ECU feeds water into that same port. So my question is, in order to fix this problem and prevent it from happening again, can I cap off the cold water connection at the top of the tank, and run my cold water pipe down to the bottom, and have my cold water supply flow into the same place as the ECU?
But as I was looking the heater over, I noticed something. I have an ECU, from the heat pump, and what I noticed was that it's supply to the water heater tank is at the bottom where the drain vavle is. They had taken the valve out, and put in a T in the vavle port on the tank. So the drain vavle is still there, but the ECU feeds water into that same port. So my question is, in order to fix this problem and prevent it from happening again, can I cap off the cold water connection at the top of the tank, and run my cold water pipe down to the bottom, and have my cold water supply flow into the same place as the ECU?
furd
02-08-09, 05:39 PM
My local mega mart home centers sell dip tubes but yours may not.
Under more common circumstances you could connect the cold water supply to the drain but in your situation with the energy conservation unit connected to the drain there might be a problem, I honestly can't say for certain.
Under more common circumstances you could connect the cold water supply to the drain but in your situation with the energy conservation unit connected to the drain there might be a problem, I honestly can't say for certain.