That t has a little angle to it, so you are saying it needs to be opposite of how it is now, it currently angles up but I should move it and have it angle down?
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 6, 2016, at 3:23 PM, WILTON via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > My thought, too. Swap the dishwasher drain "T" with the horizontal pipe > immediately above the trap; make sure the DW drain connection is on topside > of pipe and "headed/angled" down slope (toward the trap). > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 4:10 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Yet even more dishwasher talk > > >> 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 > > > _______________________________________ > 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
