[C320-list] Winterizing - Hot water heater bypass

[Barbara Uhlman]

Bill, we cannot use attachments.  Post a pic on the 320 page and we will look for it there.

Not much wind last Sunday but it was still a beautiful day for sailing.  :-)

Thanks.

Barb
Whisper, #1158

--- On Tue, 10/6/09, wflowe3 at netscape.net <wflowe3 at netscape.net> wrote:

> From: wflowe3 at netscape.net <wflowe3 at netscape.net>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Winterizing - Hot water heater bypass
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 2:43 PM
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>  Did it come this time? If not, is there some trick to
> adding an attachment that I don't know about?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack McDonough <mcdonough5 at verizon.net>
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Sent: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 10:28 am
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Winterizing - Hot water heater
> bypass
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> No attachment !!!?
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <wflowe3 at netscape.net>?
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> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>?
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 7:50 AM?
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> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Winterizing - Hot water heater
> bypass?
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> > Attached?
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> > is a photo of the water heater.? Simply connecting the
> elbow with the red 
> > hose directly to the "T" with?
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> > the blue hoses is all that needs to be done.? If you
> leave the brass check?
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> > valve at the blue "T" connected to the water heater,
> all you would need?
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> > is a piece of hose (got some from West Marine for
> 0.89/foot).?
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> >?
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> >?
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> >?
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> > It takes about 5 minutes to remove the drawers, six
> screws holding in?
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> > the drawer cabinet, and the cabinet. The Whale
> fittings are a little?
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> > tricky. You push in on the fitting at the hose, hold
> in the internal?
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> > ring in the fitting and pull the hose out. I used a
> screw driver to?
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> > disconnect the elbow at the water heater because my
> fingers won't fit.?
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> > Just push the elbow in and pry off the fitting with a
> flat blade screw?
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> > driver.?
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> > Hope this helps.?
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> > -----Original Message-----?
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> > From: Brad Kuether <bkuether at comcast.net>?
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> > To: C320-List at Catalina320.com?
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> > Sent: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 7:06 am?
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> > Subject: [C320-list] Winterizing - Hot water heater
> bypass?
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> > Hearing from listers and even the broken when I bought
> the boat, 
> > apparently?
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> > there is a way to "bypass" the hot water heater when
> running the 
> > antifreeze?
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> > through the water lines.?
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> >?
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> > I spent about an hour with a flashlight trying to
> understand what fed what 
> > and I?
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> > think I might understand how its done.?
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> >?
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> > Cold Line?
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> >?
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> >  a.. The cold line comes in from under the pan?
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> >  b.. T's up towards the sink and water heater?
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> >  c.. T's again to split between the sink and
> water heater.?
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> >  d.. The end that goes towards the water heater
> goes through a very short 
> > metal?
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> > pipe.?
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> >  e.. Then goes through a fitting an into the
> water heater.?
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> >?
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> > Hot Line?
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> >?
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> >  a.. The hot line comes out through a reinforced
> rubber hose.?
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> >  b.. The rubber hose has two hose clamps on each
> end.?
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> >  c..  It then T's off to feed the sink,
> head, and cockpit shower.?
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> >?
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> > I am thinking, taking the hot water line off (easy due
> to the hose clamps) 
> > and?
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> > attaching it to the cold line somehow.?
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> >?
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> > Here are the questions:?
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> >?
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> >  a.. Can lines from the T's be removed taken
> apart whatever, and then be 
> > put?
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> > back together and not leak??
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> >  b.. Do you need another short line to do the
> bridging??
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> >  c.. Any other wisdom I should know about??
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> >?
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> > Thanks in advance for any all advice.?
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> >?
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> > -Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod?
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> > "Independence"?
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> > 2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006?
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> > Middle River, MD?
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