Dixit
New Member
- Messages
- 2
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 0
Right now I have two 50gal (one elec and one natural gas) piped up in Series (on one side of the house). I didn't do this, it was done when we bought the house. We are looking to move a 3rd 40gal natural gas water heater (which is on the other side of the house) out of its location and into the area where the two 50s are. But we'd remove the 50gal electric entirely.
So basically in the end we would have just the 50gal gas and 40gal gas water heater. We could just plumb it in series but id like to do it in parallel. I keep hearing about reverse return parallel but not sure how that works for uneven sized tanks. I hear normal parallel wouldn't would since it wouldn't be balanced and the 50 probably would get used more since it has shorter piping. I read in a few places reverse return works on different sizes but not sure how. I've seen diagrams but they don't show how it works for two and uneven sized tanks.
First off is it possible? If it is how would I pipe it up? Or is it fine to do a standard parallel pipe setup? Its all 3/4" copper piping right now. Or must I buy another 50gal tank?
Also we are fine on the exhaust vent. We have enough capacity.
Thanks
Dixit
So basically in the end we would have just the 50gal gas and 40gal gas water heater. We could just plumb it in series but id like to do it in parallel. I keep hearing about reverse return parallel but not sure how that works for uneven sized tanks. I hear normal parallel wouldn't would since it wouldn't be balanced and the 50 probably would get used more since it has shorter piping. I read in a few places reverse return works on different sizes but not sure how. I've seen diagrams but they don't show how it works for two and uneven sized tanks.
First off is it possible? If it is how would I pipe it up? Or is it fine to do a standard parallel pipe setup? Its all 3/4" copper piping right now. Or must I buy another 50gal tank?
Also we are fine on the exhaust vent. We have enough capacity.
Thanks
Dixit
Last edited: