If you look at the photo I sent earlier, it looks like I could just swap the section where the dishwasher drain goes into to the section right above the trap, just swap those 2 sections of pipe. This would lower the level of the trap a bit. Not sure that it would matter though.
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 6, 2016, at 2:48 PM, WILTON via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The up loop to possible highest water level in the sink prevents water from > sink draining back into the washer in case of a defective (leaking) valve in > the dishwasher. > > Anti-siphon vent is any type of air gap in the drain line; most of the time > (an exception could be having a sink and its drain filled with water - > blocked drain and sink full of water), an effective gap is where the > dishwasher drain is connected to the drain above the trap. Some > jurisdictions require an additional, physical break (gap) in the dishwasher > drain hose ABOVE the possible highest water level in the kitchen sink (water > can not siphon (nor run/drain) from the sink back past the air gap). (See > illustrations in Goggle's "images for plumbing dishwasher." > > If you don't have either the gap or the up loop, you've been lucky. I hope > you continue to be so. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "rogerhga--- via Mercedes" > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: <roger...@comcast.net> > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 3:13 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Yet even more dishwasher talk > > >> Rich, don't know what the anti siphon vent is. Everything works ok on mine >> so apparently I don't need it. >> Wilton, it seems the up loop would serve the same purpose as the trap. >> Again, since my unit works fine, I apparently don't need it. >> As I've said before, I may have just been lucky. Or it could be that my >> whole house water filter helps remove chemicals, etc. I know my commode >> bowls stay pretty clean and my water heaters (have two) are past normal >> expiration times and are still working fine. Just sayin...... >> Kaleb, let us know how your quest goes. This certainly is a perplexing issue >> with lots of "possible" causes and solutions. >> Roger >> Roger Hale >> Dinnerware Classics, Inc. >> Monroe, Ga. >> 770-267-0850 >> www.dinnerwareclassics.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
