[C320-list] Water Heater Output Tubing

[Chris Burti]

Are you sure it is the potable water output and not the engine return?

Best Regards,
Chris Burti
Statewide Title, Inc.  

> On Jun 12, 2017, at 1:47 PM, Dean Vermeire <dean at vermeire.us> wrote:
> 
> Just a bit more information.  The hose in question is a marine exhaust hose.
> It is probably made by Shields, with a model number of 210-0xxx.  It is cut
> off after that last 0.
> 
> I can't imagine this is intended for use in the fresh water system.
> 
> Dean
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Dean Vermeire
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 12:27 PM
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> Subject: [C320-list] Water Heater Output Tubing
> 
> All,
> 
> 
> 
> The tubing connected to the output of the water heater on Moonstruck II
> (2001, #847) has sprung a leak.  This seems to be pretty easy to fix, but I
> have my doubts that it was the right type of tubing there to begin with.
> 
> 
> 
> There is a brass elbow screwed into the ½” NPT output port on the Seaward
> water heater.  The outward end of the elbow has barbs for a ¾” ID tube/hose.
> At the other end of this 8” hose, is a similar brass elbow, to which the red
> tubing connects with a plastic fitting.  The 8” hose is a black and green ¾”
> ID thick hose that is of a rubber material with a wound reinforcement wire.
> The problem is that I am not finding a similar hose material with a
> description that leads me to believe it should be used on the output of the
> water heater.
> 
> 
> 
> Is this what y’all see on your water heaters?
> 
> 
> 
> It seems like I would want to replace the elbow that is screwed into the
> water heater with one that gives me a connection for a standard reinforced
> supply line.
> 
> 
> 
> What am I missing here?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dean Vermeire
> 
> Moonstruck II (#847)
> 
>