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lostagain 
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Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
 Topic: 2020 171 water heaterPosted: 28 Sep 2020 at 10:07am |
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Be sure to relieve the pressure on the water heater before you loosen the anode rod or you'll get quite a squirt. Lift the little handle on the pressure relief valve and let the pressure dissipate. It only takes a second.
On our 2009, 172 there was a middle valve, but it was eliminated in subsequent years as it was a waste of materials and labor and not needed to bypass the water heater.
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podwerkz
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Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 27 Sep 2020 at 9:54pm |
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Are you talking about the valve that is for the suction line? It should be there....somewhere...
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r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten!
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jato
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Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3255 |
Posted: 27 Sep 2020 at 6:58pm |
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Curious as to when FR went to the 2 valve system. Has it been quite a few years?
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'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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offgrid
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 27 Sep 2020 at 5:45pm |
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No middle valve, you're good. A middle valve would be a mixing valve to mix hot and cold water. Just take out the anode now to drain the tank.
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JoeSaint
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Joined: 06 May 2018 Location: WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 40 |
Posted: 27 Sep 2020 at 5:39pm |
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I just winterized my 2020 171, and there is no “middle” bypass valve? Just one at the top and one at the bottom? So I just turned them both off which sends the water past the heater. But I thought there was supposed to be one in the middle?
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