Removing one of two water heaters
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Removing one of two water heaters
just bought a house and it has two water heaters plumbed in. only one is working the other has no power going to it. i want to remove the non working one. but what i need to know is should i cap off the two lines going to the heater or join them with a union? one line on top of the heater has a valve and when i close that valve everything in the house still works as it should.
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If the two water heaters are in parallel..... cold to cold and hot to hot..... you would just disconnect the un-needed tank and cap the pipes off.
If you were to join them together you would mixing cold water into the heated water.
If the two water heaters are in parallel..... cold to cold and hot to hot..... you would just disconnect the un-needed tank and cap the pipes off.
If you were to join them together you would mixing cold water into the heated water.
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ok ya i think there in parallel because ive cut off the supply to the non working one and everything else still works fine. but really theres no way to tell without tearing all the walls out.