Hot Water Heater Lines Reversed at Kathleen Blum blog

Hot Water Heater Lines Reversed. Hooked up properly the cold water runs through a pipe inside the water heater almost to the bottom of the tank. So as hot water is drawn off the top. It should be going to the marked inlet as that is. When building a hot water heating system the plumber has connected one of the hot water radiators backwards, i.e., the loop comes in at. If one pipe is hot and one is cold, then you will know which one is the incoming line. I suspected there was something wrong with the service lines (which they just reused the old ones), and discovered that they are installed backwards (cold to hot and hot to cold). Such swappable scheme would lend itself to some replacement installations where the hot/cold lines of the existing plumbing are opposite to the factory default h/c pipes of the heater. In a properly installed water heater the dip tube on the cold supply line directs the incoming cold water to the bottom of the tank. Connecting your hot water heater backwards means that cold water will enter through the outlet instead of being directed into.

I suspected there was something wrong with the service lines (which they just reused the old ones), and discovered that they are installed backwards (cold to hot and hot to cold). In a properly installed water heater the dip tube on the cold supply line directs the incoming cold water to the bottom of the tank. Hooked up properly the cold water runs through a pipe inside the water heater almost to the bottom of the tank. When building a hot water heating system the plumber has connected one of the hot water radiators backwards, i.e., the loop comes in at. So as hot water is drawn off the top. It should be going to the marked inlet as that is. Such swappable scheme would lend itself to some replacement installations where the hot/cold lines of the existing plumbing are opposite to the factory default h/c pipes of the heater. Connecting your hot water heater backwards means that cold water will enter through the outlet instead of being directed into. If one pipe is hot and one is cold, then you will know which one is the incoming line.

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Hot Water Heater Lines Reversed It should be going to the marked inlet as that is. In a properly installed water heater the dip tube on the cold supply line directs the incoming cold water to the bottom of the tank. When building a hot water heating system the plumber has connected one of the hot water radiators backwards, i.e., the loop comes in at. Hooked up properly the cold water runs through a pipe inside the water heater almost to the bottom of the tank. If one pipe is hot and one is cold, then you will know which one is the incoming line. I suspected there was something wrong with the service lines (which they just reused the old ones), and discovered that they are installed backwards (cold to hot and hot to cold). It should be going to the marked inlet as that is. Such swappable scheme would lend itself to some replacement installations where the hot/cold lines of the existing plumbing are opposite to the factory default h/c pipes of the heater. So as hot water is drawn off the top. Connecting your hot water heater backwards means that cold water will enter through the outlet instead of being directed into.