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Old 11-05-2010, 05:06 PM   #1
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water heator bypass

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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Old 11-05-2010, 08:36 PM   #2
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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.
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