Hot Water Heater Sediment Trap

Hot water will rise and cold water will sink.

Hot water heater sediment trap.

You ll usually have to attach a hose to your tank turn off its cold water supply and open a hot water tap in your house. Sediment trap at water heater sediment traps are intentionally installed to help prevent sediment in the gas piping from getting into the gas valve or burner area of an appliance and fouling things up. Watch this step by step video now. The job sounds more difficult than it really is and can be done in less than 5 minutes.

Ldr 609 2500 sediment trap for water heater. Includes gas leak detector yellow gas tape 1 2 inch black cap tee and nipples. It sounds like a mouthful doesn t it. You can shut the hot water tap inside turn on the tank s cold water supply and then repeat the flush to make sure you ve gotten everything out.

Gas fittings and nipples what s included. Traditional heat trap loops sometimes referred to as goosenecks take advantage of thermal convection. Handy kit contains everything you need to build a sediment trap onto your home s water heater. Gas leak detector spray csa yellow gas thread seal tape 1 2 in.

Most water heaters do not have a sediment trap in them. Black nipple 1 2 in. Sediment traps sometimes mistakenly referred to as drip legs are designed to catch sediment in natural gas before it enters into the water heater or furnace gas valve. Black cap 1 2 in.

Different areas have different contaminants in the gas and the traps help catch these. Black tee 1 2 in. The sediment should flow out through the hose. Used with residential hot water heater.