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11-05-2010, 05:06 PM	#1
hometool Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: hanson ma Posts: 68	i have a question i am winterising my keystone cougar 5er for the first time it is a 2001 unit that i bought used last spring at first i didn,t think it had a w/h bypass but then i found what i belive is a bypass by removing a draw adjacent to the rear of the tank there is a T fitting with a valve on the cold water feed to the w/h with a tube connecting the hot ond cold water lines i am asuming this is a bypass? thanks lee __________________

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11-05-2010, 08:36 PM	#2
tmh462 Senior Member Vintage RV Owners Club Thor Owners Club Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 181	Yes, that is a bypass. Drain the water heater, open the valve on the bypass line, and close the cold water feed to the heater. __________________ Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left. Terry

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