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Old 06-14-2008, 01:56 PM
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Re: ANSI # for non-elevated water heaters
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Originally Posted by Brandon Whitmore View Post
What's wrong with the sediment trap.

The gas line should come down vertically, enter the tee for the sediment trap, the sediment trap is installed up into the bottom of the tee, with the gas line being connected to the side outlet of the tee.

That way, the debris in the gas stream is blown into, falls into by gravity, the sediment trap at the bottom of the tee.

As shown, the gas and debris blows over the top of the sediment trap leg, with little, if any, debris settling out of the gas stream down into the sediment trap.
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