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edwardh3

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many sites say to put a heat loop on the tank style water water heater to stop the rise of hot water from the heater.
1. do I need it on both the hot and cold connections?
2. how high must the loop be (how much of a loop up then back down)

3. Are there advantages/ disadvantages of flex copper vs stainless steel mesh flex lines other than cost - which is more reliable?

4. Is there one fitting- not two or 3 that I have to solder together- that will screw into the female IPS hole in the heater top, that the flex connections will then screw onto?

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Water heater conns.

many sites say to put a heat loop on the tank style water water heater to stop the rise of hot water from the heater.
1. do I need it on both the hot and cold connections?
2. how high must the loop be (how much of a loop up then back down)

3. Are there advantages/ disadvantages of flex copper vs stainless steel mesh flex lines other than cost - which is more reliable?

4. Is there one fitting- not two or 3 that I have to solder together- that will screw into the female IPS hole in the heater top, that the flex connections will then screw onto?

Thanks.


The connections to a water heater/storage tank are always thread connections (unless you have a copper tank w/solder conns). The only thing you may need to solder is a male adapter on your cold water supply, and one on the hot water dist. line.
I reccomend using brass nipples out of the tank holes w/flex connectors to Hot and Cold.

Good Luck.
Rudy
 

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thanks

I already have the male adapters in place. just wondering about the heater end.
any idea on loop heigth- or where I could go to look it up?
 
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