GolgiApparatus
Member
- Joined
- Oct 9, 2018
- Posts
- 17
Hello everyone,
First time post - we just purchased a very lightly used (2 or 3 trips) 2018 Springdale 3030BH travel trailer. It's new to us so a forum like this is so valuable since I prefer to do maintenance myself. We're going to be winterizing it this weekend. My question is in regards to the water heater bypass line.
I've attached a picture so you can see what I'm looking at, but why question is this: I believe the bypass line valve is at the bottom there on the cold water line, but there doesn't appear to be any other valve up at the hot water "exit" line. If I activate that bypass valve and use the bypass line that's running vertically, what keeps the antifreeze from running up that bypass line and then into the water heater through the hot water line at the top of the unit? Is there some sort of backflow preventer or something in that line that makes it "exit only" and keeps liquid from running back into the water heater when the bypass is activated? Thank you very much for your help
First time post - we just purchased a very lightly used (2 or 3 trips) 2018 Springdale 3030BH travel trailer. It's new to us so a forum like this is so valuable since I prefer to do maintenance myself. We're going to be winterizing it this weekend. My question is in regards to the water heater bypass line.
I've attached a picture so you can see what I'm looking at, but why question is this: I believe the bypass line valve is at the bottom there on the cold water line, but there doesn't appear to be any other valve up at the hot water "exit" line. If I activate that bypass valve and use the bypass line that's running vertically, what keeps the antifreeze from running up that bypass line and then into the water heater through the hot water line at the top of the unit? Is there some sort of backflow preventer or something in that line that makes it "exit only" and keeps liquid from running back into the water heater when the bypass is activated? Thank you very much for your help
