R-pod Owners Forum : Hot water mixing with cold http://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Podmods, Maintenance, Tips and Tricks : Hot water mixing with cold Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 01 May 2026 13:57:02 +0000 Sun, 01 Mar 2015 18:54:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5899 R-pod Owners Forum http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.rpod-owners.com/ Hot water mixing with cold : Moving this over to the pod section.... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57388#57388 Author: techntrek
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Posted: 01 Mar 2015 at 6:54pm

Moving this over to the pod section.]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2015 18:54:45 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57388#57388 Hot water mixing with cold : This is pretty crude, but maybe... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57349#57349 Author: Tars Tarkas
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Posted: 28 Feb 2015 at 10:06pm

This is pretty crude, but maybe it helps.  The valves are the thin black lines.  In the summer, cold water flows into the water heater and hot flows out.

In the winter, you cut the water heater out of the plumbing circuit.  You can use cold water without filling and having to re-drain the water heater to re-winterize, or, more likely, you can just drain the water heater for the winter and run anti-freeze through the rest of the plumbing.  This lets the you bypass the water heater, thereby saving about 6 gallons of antifreeze.  You don't need antifreeze in a water heater that can be emptied and bypassed. Aside from the cost of 6 gallons of antifreeze, it may not be good for the water heater, I don't know, but flushing the antifreeze from the water heater would be too much trouble too.

TT
]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2015 22:06:35 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57349#57349 Hot water mixing with cold : All responders... THANKS!!!!!!... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57343#57343 Author: johnandwendee
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Posted: 28 Feb 2015 at 6:49pm

All responders... THANKS!!!!!! My technical wife follows this forum and remembered something about hot/cold mixing. I put out the question and your answers were really fast. Thanks again. John ]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2015 18:49:52 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57343#57343 Hot water mixing with cold : Originally posted by CharlieM Exactly.... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57341#57341 Author: Outbound
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Posted: 28 Feb 2015 at 6:25pm

Originally posted by CharlieM

Exactly. Happens to most newbies at least once.

And sometimes it happens when you're not a newbie as well Ouch
]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2015 18:25:08 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57341#57341 Hot water mixing with cold : Ditto... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57339#57339 Author: Podster
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Posted: 28 Feb 2015 at 5:45pm

Ditto...



]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:45:49 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57339#57339 Hot water mixing with cold : Exactly. Happens to most newbies... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57338#57338 Author: CharlieM
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Posted: 28 Feb 2015 at 5:33pm

Exactly. Happens to most newbies at least once.]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:33:18 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57338#57338 Hot water mixing with cold : It sounds like the valve between... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57336#57336 Author: Tars Tarkas
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Posted: 28 Feb 2015 at 5:27pm

It sounds like the valve between the input valve and output valve at the water heater is open.  There are 3 valves at the water heater.  The one in the middle should be closed and the others open when using the water heater.

TT
]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:27:34 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57336#57336 Hot water mixing with cold : We have just started our second... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57333#57333 Author: johnandwendee
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Posted: 28 Feb 2015 at 5:10pm

We have just started our second r.pod trip. It looks like (not sure yet), the hot water is mixing with the cold because it is lukewarm. Perhaps we turned one valve too many when we winterized in November or when we opened things up today. We think we saw a similar problem on this site awhile ago but we can't find the answer. Suggestions?
Thanks
John]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:10:22 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5899&PID=57333#57333