Water heater bypass hardware?
- Thread starter SCORPIO
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wkearney99
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- Feb 23, 2006
- 583
- Boat Info
- 47'
- Engines
- Twin Caterpillar C-12, Twin Disc straight shaft inboards.
You can do it yourself with a simple pipe nipple. Unscrew the hoses from the tank and use a nipple to connect them to each other. Cheap, but the downside is you have to handle the hoses every time you want to winterize/recommission. Some hoses don't react well to being handled that much.
Otherwise a kit can be as simple as two Tee valves and a hose. One on each port to the heater and a hose between them. Turn the Tees to re-route the water, cutting out the heater. There's another kit that uses only one valve, on the input side, a tee on the output side and a one-way valve on the output side. I've got this one and it works well enough. A two valve type would require you turn both valves properly. Not a big problem unless, like my heater, you can't get to both valves easily.
Various kits exist to do this, usually around $25, complete with all parts and instructions.
Otherwise a kit can be as simple as two Tee valves and a hose. One on each port to the heater and a hose between them. Turn the Tees to re-route the water, cutting out the heater. There's another kit that uses only one valve, on the input side, a tee on the output side and a one-way valve on the output side. I've got this one and it works well enough. A two valve type would require you turn both valves properly. Not a big problem unless, like my heater, you can't get to both valves easily.
Various kits exist to do this, usually around $25, complete with all parts and instructions.
- Oct 4, 2006
- 2,344
- Boat Info
- 2006 300DA Sundancer
- Engines
- 350 Mags / Bravo III
There is a lot of discussion on the subject here:
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5596&highlight=bypass
http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5596&highlight=bypass
