Day: June 21, 2015

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Permanent Bypass Repair

I somehow managed to find the time today to effect the permanent repair of my water heater bypass valve repair. Since I determined that I didn’t need it, I decided to just glue PVC caps to the ends of the pipes I cut and call it a day.

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But it wasn’t quite that simple. I didn’t have enough PVC pipe on the right hand side to effect a bond between the pipe and the cap.

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Thankfully, I was able to cut through the elbow to get to the next longish bit of PVC pipe. I painstakingly sawed through enough of it to bend back the section and then snipped what was left with a sharp pair of pliers!

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This is a permanent repair that I won’t have to worry about. Now, let’s hope the rest of this system, including the other valve, doesn’t give me any trouble!

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Running the Dishwasher Off the RV Holding Tank and Pump

I did another load with the dishwasher today, running it off the holding tank, and WOW. The added pressure made all the difference! Everything came out sparkly clean!

I will not hesitate to do this again. The pump only ran at most 10 minutes of the whole cycle and I used less than a quarter of my fresh water tank.

Another thing that surprised me is how little power this unit uses, a mere 8A per 1.5 hour cycle. I could run this machine off grid no problem as long as I had a water source!