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Post by lovegolf44 on Mar 23, 2021 6:59:15 GMT -5
I need to flush my water heater with vinegar. Is there a way to feed vinegar and water (using pump) just to the water heater without going through the fixture lines? Not sure how the diverter handles would be orientated using the Nautilus P1 panel. It's not clear on how to do that in reading the Nautilus instructions.
There's got to be a way of pumping from the city connection and sending it to the water heater only. Or do I have to make sure my fixtures are all shut off and I just feed water into the water system as normal and wait for it to fill up the heater? I thought I read somewhere if I open the pressure relief valve on the heater it will force water into the heater first.
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Post by johnr on Mar 23, 2021 9:28:25 GMT -5
Hi. I'm not aware of any way to just fill the hot water heater and nothing else. Keeping all fixtures closed may help a little bit, but you're going to get water into those lines somewhat just because of the nature of the beast. Water will follow the path of least resistance, so if you open the pressure relief valve, water will follow that air release first.
Does your water heater have an anode rod? Why do you need to flush it with vinegar?
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Post by lynnmor on Mar 23, 2021 11:40:00 GMT -5
You could connect plumbing to the safety valve and pour it in that way, it may take a while as the air bubbles out.
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Post by laknox on Mar 23, 2021 12:05:08 GMT -5
I need to flush my water heater with vinegar. Is there a way to feed vinegar and water (using pump) just to the water heater without going through the fixture lines? Not sure how the diverter handles would be orientated using the Nautilus P1 panel. It's not clear on how to do that in reading the Nautilus instructions. There's got to be a way of pumping from the city connection and sending it to the water heater only. Or do I have to make sure my fixtures are all shut off and I just feed water into the water system as normal and wait for it to fill up the heater? I thought I read somewhere if I open the pressure relief valve on the heater it will force water into the heater first. Why not just "winterize" the whole thing and =not= bypass the water heater? Can't hurt and it'll clean and sterilize the whole shebang, to boot. :-) Lyle |
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Post by lovegolf44 on Mar 23, 2021 13:18:24 GMT -5
Hi. I'm not aware of any way to just fill the hot water heater and nothing else. Keeping all fixtures closed may help a little bit, but you're going to get water into those lines somewhat just because of the nature of the beast. Water will follow the path of least resistance, so if you open the pressure relief valve, water will follow that air release first. Does your water heater have an anode rod? Why do you need to flush it with vinegar? Yes, it's a suburban heater with anode rod. There's sediment in the tank and on the heating elements. Vinegar seems to be the solution of choice for getting that stuff out of the tank. My anode rod is toast, I'll keep that in during the vinegar flush and replace with a new one once the tank is cleaned out. |
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Post by lovegolf44 on Mar 23, 2021 13:19:07 GMT -5
I need to flush my water heater with vinegar. Is there a way to feed vinegar and water (using pump) just to the water heater without going through the fixture lines? Not sure how the diverter handles would be orientated using the Nautilus P1 panel. It's not clear on how to do that in reading the Nautilus instructions. There's got to be a way of pumping from the city connection and sending it to the water heater only. Or do I have to make sure my fixtures are all shut off and I just feed water into the water system as normal and wait for it to fill up the heater? I thought I read somewhere if I open the pressure relief valve on the heater it will force water into the heater first. Why not just "winterize" the whole thing and =not= bypass the water heater? Can't hurt and it'll clean and sterilize the whole shebang, to boot. :-) Lyle True, I may do that. Thx |
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Post by lovegolf44 on Mar 23, 2021 13:19:57 GMT -5
I need to flush my water heater with vinegar. Is there a way to feed vinegar and water (using pump) just to the water heater without going through the fixture lines? Not sure how the diverter handles would be orientated using the Nautilus P1 panel. It's not clear on how to do that in reading the Nautilus instructions. There's got to be a way of pumping from the city connection and sending it to the water heater only. Or do I have to make sure my fixtures are all shut off and I just feed water into the water system as normal and wait for it to fill up the heater? I thought I read somewhere if I open the pressure relief valve on the heater it will force water into the heater first. Why not just "winterize" the whole thing and =not= bypass the water heater? Can't hurt and it'll clean and sterilize the whole shebang, to boot. :-) Lyle Agreed, maybe a flex funnel will work or something. |
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Post by Edd505 on Mar 23, 2021 15:53:12 GMT -5
I flush mine every time I change or pull the anode. I made a flush wand and just use water until I stop getting junk out. Here is a video on how to used the vinegar. vinegar flushing |
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