Turning off water main: shutdown water heater first?

On May 27, 5:29=A0pm, "Stormin Mormon"

That makes me wonder a little.

Do you really want to flip that breaker under load? Yeah, it's designed to trip under load, but not all that many times.

Not saying it's wrong, just wondering about it. When I worked in a factory we were careful never to flip a breaker under load, always powered down first.

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TimR
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an outside faucet. Do I

Although I was kind of kidding, now that I think about itactually makes sense:

Depending on the layout, the OP might be able to cut the pipe inside the house, pull the old spigot out, put a shutoff on the interior pipe and install a frost proof spigot through the wall, into the shutoff.

Granted, that's a complete upgrade rather than a simple repair, but an upgrade that might be worth the extra work/cost.

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DerbyDad03

outside faucet. Do I

if you install a shutoff with a little waste cap, and/or make sure that the pipe from the shutoff to the spigot angles down slightly, you don't need a frostproof spigot.

nate

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Nate Nagel

outside faucet. Do I

So that you can drain the spigot each fall? That's what I have now, and I have to do it each fall! And I have to remember. And if I need water, there is none until spring. And it's getting harder and harder to open the cap, and to shut it, plus I've given up trying to catch the water that comes out when I open it.

I'm sure it's not always worth the effort, but I wouldn't discourage a frostproof spigot.

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mm

It's a common misconception that Linux water heaters don't require any user involvement, but once you have one, well, it's not that simple.

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mm

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