How to fill water heater with Anti freeze

[ANDYS]

Hi there i was wondering what is the best way to fill a waterheater with Anti freeze .
can i buy a manual pump

 

[JIMT]

What is the water heater for and how is it plumbed?
jimt

 

[packerscw]

We use an old pump that we had laying around and pumped it in.worked good

 

[ANDYS]

it was working fine the other day it got to -20 then my pipe freezed outside i check the water heater is on but the pipes are cold
i had a mechanic put anti freeze in it last year with a pump

how much these pump cost packerscw

 

[6t7gto]

If you are looking for inexpensive...
http://www.lowes.com/pd_138026-1564...=pumps&page=1&Ns=p_product_price|0&facetInfo=

 

[Earl Weiss]

Hi there i was wondering what is the best way to fill a waterheater with Anti freeze .
can i buy a manual pump

For the one that runs the trough heat I put a T on the return side with a Valve then came off the valve and went up and then increased the inlet side to 4" using PVC. With the circulater pump running I simply would pour in the AF mixture. It would suck in the mixture and air could escap thru the same area as well. There is an expansion tank as well. You need to have one .

 

[ANDYS]

If you are looking for inexpensive...
http://www.lowes.com/pd_138026-1564...=pumps&page=1&Ns=p_product_price|0&facetInfo=

Tryed the pump drill did not work
it will work with flojet i hope

 

[Jeff_L]

I haven't had good luck with a pump drill.

When I transfer soap, antifreeze, etc., I just use an old FloJet sitting around. Make sure you have some time of screen/strainer on the end of the inlet hose so you don't suck up any junk.

 

[ANDYS]

put 8 liters of anti freeze with flojet still did not work
what could it be

 

[packerscw]

ANDYS: not really sure how much the pump was. Like I said we just had an old air pump laying around that we used

 

[ANDYS]

water heater not heating up

i have a electric water heater i use it for the trough the other day my pipe freezed so i checked the water heater pipes they where cold
so i put 8 liters of anti freeze in water heater no luck

what could it be the presure is At 100lbs

 

[MEP001]

You would be better off adding the information to the thread you have going already so people will know everything that has been going on.

 

[ANDYS]

You would be better off adding the information to the thread you have going already so people will know everything that has been going on.

ok will do thanks

 

[ANDYS]

i have a electric water heater i use it for the trough the other day my pipe freezed so i checked the water heater pipes they where cold
so i put 8 liters of anti freeze in water heater no luck

could it be the presure is At 100lbs

 

[packerscw]

Did you check to make sure that the reset button on the hot water tank wasn't tripped?

 

[Jeff_L]

What are you circulating it with? Do you have an expansion tank set up if it's a closed system or do you dump it back to a holding tank that's open?

 

[ANDYS]

Did you check to make sure that the reset button on the hot water tank wasn't tripped?

i had a mechnic come in today you where right i had to reset the water heater
only if i knew the reset switch was in the water heater o well works now
know for next time
thanks to everbody that replyed and (packers thanks again)


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