[C320-list] Hot water tank bypass

[BAdams3491 at aol.com]

I tried matching the 15mm with the 1/2"...didn't work well.   You can 
either did what I did and put up with a slight leak, or manually bypass  the tank 
each fall.  The latter can be done by pulling off the cold in and  hot out 
lines and putting them together with a splice.  Remove the  supply line that 
comes off the forward tank (or rear tank), put an  extension hose on it, 
then place the hose in the RV antifreeze and turn on the  pump.  That draws it 
through the water system.  The tank itself  can be manually drained.
 
Bert
At Ease
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In a message dated 8/29/2010 3:00:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
bkuether at comcast.net writes:

I may  have asked this last year...  However wanted to query the group  
again.

Has anyone sucessfully bypassed their hot water tank without  major 
surgery?  

When I talked to the marina and a few other  sources, they indicated that 
if I had the metric based plastic water lines  (red and blue) I was basically 
out of luck from a kit standpoint.

If  anyone has sucessfully done this on a later model 320 (2000s) I would 
love to  hear about it.

Its a LOT of time and antifreeze to winterize with the  tank in mix.  
However again, not interested in major  surgery.

Thanks so much in advance!!!!

-Brad, Mary, Monica, and  Jarod
"Independence"
2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006
Middle River,  MD