Originally Posted By: LesSnyder
the drain has a hand valve on the tank, and all I need to do is attach a hose... my house is an old frame structure 2' off the ground on pilings... the hose was originally made to flush the sand from the bottom of the tank, and drain out the door, which is a short distance, so I have the ability to completely drain the tank if necessary... the tank holds 50 gallons, so there should be a usable volume of water above the level of the valve even if I could not drain it completely ...I have stored water and an on site shallow well and filtering capacity...I don't ever perceive a need to use the heater as a source, but just wanted to throw out the idea incase anyone else might not have thought of it...regards



I'm still lost but maybe I'm starting to fill in the missing pieces. (Sorry, I'm an Engineer. I have to go step by step or I get lost.)

You say you can't access the valve in the first post. But then you say you can drain the tank using a washer hose in the next two posts.

From this I infer that you can't put a hose straight on to the fitting because of tight clearance between the valve and the washing machine so a 90 degree bend connector solves the clearance problem and there's enough access to do that and there's enough access to operate the valve.

The point of the thread was to inform others that there are options in washing machine hoses that can be used for water heater drain hoses?


Am I getting close?