[C320-list] Winterizing - Hot water heater bypass

[Jack McDonough]

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Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Winterizing - Hot water heater bypass


> Attached
> is a photo of the water heater.? Simply connecting the elbow with the red 
> hose directly to the "T" with
> the blue hoses is all that needs to be done.? If you leave the brass check
> valve at the blue "T" connected to the water heater, all you would need
> is a piece of hose (got some from West Marine for 0.89/foot).
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> It takes about 5 minutes to remove the drawers, six screws holding in
> the drawer cabinet, and the cabinet. The Whale fittings are a little
> tricky. You push in on the fitting at the hose, hold in the internal
> ring in the fitting and pull the hose out. I used a screw driver to
> disconnect the elbow at the water heater because my fingers won't fit.
> Just push the elbow in and pry off the fitting with a flat blade screw
> driver.
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> Hope this helps.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Kuether <bkuether at comcast.net>
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Sent: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 7:06 am
> Subject: [C320-list] Winterizing - Hot water heater bypass
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> Hearing from listers and even the broken when I bought the boat, 
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> there is a way to "bypass" the hot water heater when running the 
> antifreeze
> through the water lines.
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> I spent about an hour with a flashlight trying to understand what fed what 
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> think I might understand how its done.
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> Cold Line
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>  a.. The cold line comes in from under the pan
>  b.. T's up towards the sink and water heater
>  c.. T's again to split between the sink and water heater.
>  d.. The end that goes towards the water heater goes through a very short 
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>  e.. Then goes through a fitting an into the water heater.
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> Hot Line
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>  a.. The hot line comes out through a reinforced rubber hose.
>  b.. The rubber hose has two hose clamps on each end.
>  c..  It then T's off to feed the sink, head, and cockpit shower.
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> I am thinking, taking the hot water line off (easy due to the hose clamps) 
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> attaching it to the cold line somehow.
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>  a.. Can lines from the T's be removed taken apart whatever, and then be 
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> back together and not leak?
>  b.. Do you need another short line to do the bridging?
>  c.. Any other wisdom I should know about?
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> Thanks in advance for any all advice.
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> -Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod
> "Independence"
> 2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006
> Middle River, MD
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