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DennisCTB
Join Date: Nov 1998 Posts: 2709 NorthWest NJ Pics |
2013-06-24 187464
My hot water heater came with this valve and no handle. Looks like it could be turned with a screw driver, but rather have a handle so I don't mess it up when I flush the system.
So do they make a handle for this type of valve or is it there to discourage DIY from tinkering with it.
From experience these hot water valves can drip after flushing, hence the hose cap on the end to be sued if that happens :-)
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DennisCTB
Join Date: Nov 1998 Posts: 2709 NorthWest NJ Pics |
2013-06-24 187465
Hot water heater drain cock with no handle ....
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candoarms
Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1932 North Dakota Pics |
2013-06-24 187468
Dennis,
I'm surprised to see a brass valve. Most of them are plastic these days.
Gate valves tend to become inoperable after only a few years time. I much prefer a ball valve in this location.
If it's not too terribly inconvenient, you might want to remove that valve and install a brass ball valve equipped with a garden hose connection.
I've never seen a handle available for a valve stem like that one.
Joel ....
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kthompson
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5275 South Carolina Pics |
2013-06-24 187470
I would not be surprised to learn there is a special handle for these valves. I suspect they do not put handle on for safety to prevent a child or such from opening it. ....
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Murf
Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7249 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada Pics |
2013-06-24 187475
Dennis, as others mentioned, this a 'tamper proof' valve, not the standard. It looks like someone's idea for draining it, it's backwards, the drain is normally a male garden hose spigot, not a female.
If you're handy swapping it out is child's play. As mentioned, a ball valve is a better choice.
If you have a small air compressor I can show you how to rig up a nifty little setup to clear all the sediment out of the heater.
Best of luck. ....
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DennisCTB
Join Date: Nov 1998 Posts: 2709 NorthWest NJ Pics |
2013-06-25 187493
Murf,
It is a male spigot, in anticipation of the valve leaking at the first flush I bought a brass cap to screw on until I replaced the valve. In anticipation of my forgetting where I put the end cap I screwed it loosely onto the male spigot end which makes it look weird in the pix :) ....
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