Water heater drain spigot


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Old 12-05-05, 01:07 PM
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Water heater drain spigot

Well I just about have all this figured out thanks to all the
help from this forum.

However I have one problem left. The diameter of the
hot water heater is 22 inchs and the drain pain I bought
is 26 inches. Still I cannot access the drain spigot with
my water hose to drain the water heater every 6 month
to remove sediment. There is not enough room from the
drain spigot to the side of the pain to screw the hose on.
I know they make a 30 inch pan however I do not have
the room for such a size pan. Any ideas. I noticed on
electric water heater the drain spigot is located lower on
the tank then they are on gas models. Mine is an electric
model. Thanks again.
 
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Old 12-05-05, 06:54 PM
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Larry,
Is the pan edge higher than the hole the drain valve is in? If not, you could replace the valve with a ball valve and buy an adapter (brass) that goes from pipe thread to hose thread. This may be an option. Good luck.
 
 

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