"Mikepier" wrote in message
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I posted a few days ago on relocating my HW heater to make more
living
space in my basement. I purchased a Kenmore (AO Smith) HW heater on
Friday and today I started piping the gas. It was a lot easier for me
to come off the Tee for my furnace than to use the existing gas line,
which will eventually be capped off and enclosed in the wall. You
can't see it in these pics, but the old gas drop is actually more to
the right of the old HW heater. Plus this also let me keep the old HW
heater runnning while I work on the new one. Here are some pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mikerock...eat=directlink

Is there anything wrong doing it like this?

There might be. Without seeing what feeds what I can't give an honest
opinion.

Normally a 3/4" line feeds two 1/2" lines because there is a limit to how
much gas can flow through a given pipe size. By feeding both units from a
single line you may starve one or both units when they cycle on at the same
time.

The size of the pipe each unit needs is determined by the BTU input rating
of the device AND the length of the total pipe run.

You may want to gather more information and compare what you have and what
you need to the specs contained on this page:
http://www.gpta.net/Classes/Gas%20si...e%20Sizing.pdf


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Colbyt
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