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Old 01-18-2008, 05:35 PM
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Re: Earthquake strap all water heaters?
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Originally Posted by Gunnar Alquist View Post
The bracket in question is an adjustable "Y" shaped metal bracket that attaches to the inlet and outlet supply pipes at the top of the tank ...
Not from CA, but ... "attaches to the inlet and outlet supply pipes " - that's not kosher, is it?

If there is an earthquake, the weight of the tank will break those pipe right off - you need to be strapping the actual tank ... right?
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