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Shut Off Valve - Hot Water Heater
Yahoo Message Number: 88972
Just purchased a 2002 30" LD.  Have not taken possession yet.  I understand there is not a shut-off valve in front of the hot water heater to winterize it with anti freeze in our LD.   Is blowing out with air pressure the only way to winterize without a shut off valvue.  Is is difficult to install a shut off valve.
Also we have an ice maker.  What is the procedure to winterize the ice maker.

Jim Pawnee IL

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Re: Shut Off Valve - Hot Water Heater
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Yahoo Message Number: 88975
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... I understand there is not a shut-off valve in front of the hot water heater to winterize it
with anti freeze in our LD.  Is blowing out with air pressure the only way to winterize without a shut off valve.  Is is difficult to install a shut off valve.
 To winterize a water heater, you just drain the water out of it. The shutoff valve is so that you can bypass the water heater if you put "pink stuff" antifreeze into the rest of the plumbing system.  The antifreeze isn't needed in the water heater at all because it's easy to drain it thoroughly.

Joanne in Boston NE-44
 
Re: Winterizing Ice Maker
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Yahoo Message Number: 88981
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"...Also we have an ice maker.  What is the procedure to winterize
the ice maker."

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Jim Pawnee IL
Jim, go to the manual under "winterizing" for instruction on how to winterize the ice maker.

I removed our ice maker to get more freezer space.  No need to winterize it now.

Chris Horst
Arvada, CO
2002 30' IB
Formerly: 2002 30' IB