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JayDee


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I recently changed my hot water anode. So today I tried to test for hot water prior to our departure next week.

I am not getting any water to flow. The overflow valve when activated has not water jetting out of same.

So ... how do I prime the system to get the water flow and then hot water.

I am guessing that I should have refilled the HW tank after changing the anode.

I intend to now go and hook up the mains pressure house hose to the van to see if that will work.

Any clues would be a great help.



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Happy Camper


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Hi John
I recently changed my anode and all I did to purge the air out was open the pressure relief valve/drain tap and turned on the mains water pressure until water came out.
I then turned off the pressure relief valve and opened the hot water tap in the on-suite and purged the lines of all air until a constant stream came out.
Hope this is of some help as I'm not sure what type of hot water system you have.
Cheers - John

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JayDee wrote:

I recently changed my hot water anode. So today I tried to test for hot water prior to our departure next week.

I am not getting any water to flow. The overflow valve when activated has not water jetting out of same.

So ... how do I prime the system to get the water flow and then hot water.

I am guessing that I should have refilled the HW tank after changing the anode.

I intend to now go and hook up the mains pressure house hose to the van to see if that will work.

Any clues would be a great help.

 You should only need to turn on your pump(or connect to mains water) and turn on a hot tap or two.

You should hear air being expelled through said taps, eventually, when the tank is full, water will flow from the taps.

When water only (no air) is being expelled, the job is done.



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JayDee


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Hi guys,
As I said, I intend to hook up the mains pressure hose.
I did this and hey presto, the air was pushed out of the system and water began to flow normally. Also the over flow pressure valve was doing it job.
I then used the 12 volts pump and the water was flowing freely.
However, I did run the taps for quite some time, with the HW system turned on 15 minutes earlier and no hot water.
So back to the drawing board again, tomorrow morning.
Thanks for the tips,
Jay&Dee

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JayDee


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Ok!!! A little embarrassed here....
I failed to see that there was a reset button on the hot water system... and guess what......
and Yes .. a set of steak knives to the winner......
Pushed the reset button and we are not back in business.
Little trivia I probably should not have shared with you...
Like the saying goes,
RTFM refer to the xxxxxxx manual.

Thaqnks all for help and tips.

Jay&Dee

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Jay&Dee

We were all at the place you are now. We all had to learn how things go.

now you know.

isn't experience a wonderful thing?

frank

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Avagreatday.

Kathy and Frank currently at Home near Quirindi NSW
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