On Fri, 7 Feb 2014 09:15:20 -0600, micky wrote
(in article ):

On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 18:13:34 -0600, James wrote:


Most water heaters develop a small leak at first. That's what the drain
pan is for.

Or a bigger leak if you route the drain on the pan to someplace where
the water can go without creating damage.

It's in an inside closet along with my washer and dryer no floor drain or
anything

So ruin a garden hose to an outside room and run it out the window. If
the end is below the bottom of the water heater, it will siphon out
almost the last little bit of water, which might be bad if there is a
lot of sediment. So don't go so low . If the end of the hose is 2
inches above the bottom of the WH, it will stop siphoning when the water
in the WH is 2 inches above the bottom.

If you don't want the water to pour down to the ground outside, get a
second hose and put a funnel in the mouth of it and let the first hose
drain into the funnel. That will break the vacuum stop the siphoning
at the level of the exit of the first hose, wherever that is. Hold
everything to your window with some strings. Kite string is fine.

Got it. Thanks!