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Thanks for the replies. The stop valve is in the correct flow direction; my concern was with the expansion tank on the cold inlet; if the stop valve would restrict the operation of the expansion tank?? I bought the new valve and will install it, just in case.

I just replaced my 16 year-old AO smith with a new AO smith water heater. Now that I have it installed, I realize I need to add an expansion tank after never having one in my house, built in 1996. My question is about the valve I replaced on the cold inlet pipe to replace the original valve. I...