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Nate Nagel

wrote:
My wife and I recently moved into a house that has two 50 gallon
electric water heaters. They are about two years old. As it is just
the two of us, I would like to turn one of them off and see if one
heater can meet our needs.

I figure I need to:

- shut off the cold water intake, outflow to the heater that will be
shut down
- shutoff the crossover valve that connects it to the other heater
will will leave in use
- drain the unused heater

Anything else I should do?

Thanks....

W

Turn off the electric to the unused heater - running the elements
unsubmerged = fzzt.

nate

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