Gary, Replacement elements for water heaters are cheap, available and easy to replace.
Look near the gooseneck/thermostat housing of your engine. You should see either a U-shaped hose or a couple of plugs or capped fittings. These fittings are upstream and downstream of the engine thermostat. The heater needs to be plumbed from the upstream side of the thermostat to the downstream side. That is, run a hose from the upstream fitting to the heater and a hose from the heater to the downstream fitting. Dennis C. Touché' Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 7, 2014, at 3:41 PM, "Gary Nylander" <[email protected]> wrote: > > My water heater quit - it is not plumbed to the engine. First, how do you > check the anode to see if it is working? Second, I have a fresh water cooled > engine, I assume I can just take the water exit hose (which now goes to the > mixing elbow) and put it into the heater???? and then into the mixing elbow??? > > The plumbing section of your local hardware store must love you....neat pix. > > Gary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Josh Muckley > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 3:42 PM > Subject: Re: Stus-List Marine Plumbing (now water heater rebuild) > > Just a quick look at one of my many winter projects. > > I updated the water heater plumbing to facilitate end of season flushing and > anode check/change. The engine heats the water to about 180°F so I added a > thermal mixing valve to extend the available hot water and prevent burns. > The cold water enters the bottom and doesn't facilitate flushing well so I > put a 3-way valve in to switch the cold water inlet to the top and then I can > open the drain. > > I intend to make a double female garden hose to allow flushing of the engine > and A/C with fresh water from the heater drain. > > I also got a 200W silicone heater pad that I will be attaching to the inner > tank surface. It will at as a load for the furture solar panels when the > batteries are fully charged and need a place to dump excess power. > > While I have it out I'll also repaint and restore everything else on the tank. > > https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B8pEh5lnvP1yUG9pd18zazdIZlk/edit > > Later, > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > >> On Dec 19, 2013 11:37 AM, "Rich Knowles" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I agree on the PEX. FWIW, when I redid my plumbing, I added a large, >> household size, activated charcoal filter in the feed line to the fresh >> water pressure pump. I change the element every spring and have good tasting >> potable water at all times. >> >> Rich >> >>> On Dec 19, 2013, at 12:05, "Marek Dziedzic" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> +1 for PEX. But I would not rip all the existing plumbing and replace it. >>> At least, you won’t sink the boat if your plumbing fails (you may flood the >>> bilge, but it is not critical). >>> >>> Marek >>> _____________________________________________________________________ >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 2 >>> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 07:46:47 -0500 >>> From: "Jake Brodersen" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Stus-List Marine Plumbing >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> >>> Josh, >>> >>> >>> >>> I have had several failures of the grey butyl plumbing pipe. I have >>> replaced it with PEX tubing. It is flexible and easy to work with and >>> available in many places. I find RV stores a good place to pick it up. The >>> fittings are compression type and will mate with the existing plumbing. To >>> me, it's a no-brainer. Oh, and did I mention that it's cheap.??? >>> >>> >>> >>> Jake >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected] >> > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected]
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