Water Heater with hot and cold switched
ramertt
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This one is for the plumbers out there. I recently remodeled a fixer upper and noticed the incoming cold for the water heater was piped into the hot on the water heater. The hot water comes out the cold pipe. This is the second house I have seen this mistake on. My question is ..is it ok to leave it or should I switch it back correctly. What could happen if its not piped correctly?
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Can't be as effiecient with the dip tube drawing from the bottom I'd think.
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It may actually be correct -- if the plumber swapped the dip tube. Sometimes the heaters are installed "backwards" because the pipes work out better. The difference between the two ports is that the cold port has the dip tube in it.
If it's backwards you'll get complaints about having very little hot water.
The hot water is fine.
Then I'd leave it alone.
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