| Hoses to Domestic Hot Water Tank [message #264258] |
Tue, 14 October 2014 19:45  |
rickmike
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Registered: September 2011
Location: United States
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I have been preparing "The General" for a trip to Texas over the last couple of weeks.
I decided it was time to change the hoses that run back to the domestic hot water tank.
After all they are almost as old as I am...
First of all, it was fun taking the old ones out.
They kept breaking as I tried to wiggle them out from under the Frig cabinet and the bathroom sink.
I ended up with about 10 pieces.
I decided that there had to be a better way than to have 25 feet of hose with TWO joints. One of which was inaccessible under the Frig cabinet.
Hose isn't cheap either when you go to buy 50 feet of it!
I thought about replacing the long straight run under the coach with copper pipe. But a 10 foot piece was $12 times 2 pipes! Not cheap either.
I scratched by head and decided to try EMT conduit. 1/2 inch EMT was about the right size for 5/8 hose to slip onto. So I bought 2 10ft pieces and a conduit bender and headed home.
Keep in mind I have 3 coaches to rehose. My Dad's and 'The General' and another coach that I saved from the scrap yard. (It is good shape save the dead engine. Engines are easy work for me.)
I went to work measuring and bending.
I ended up with a pipe from the hose joint just under the door up to the clamp that holds the hoses to the firewall behind the right side of the engine. (I will try to post pics, first time to try...)
This reduced the hose clamp count by 4. Four fewer places to leak!
I have written down the bending scheme and can make more!
When I come to the GMC events, I can bring my bender and pick up some EMT conduit at the local store and bend them right there!!
Rick Michelhaugh
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