Recent content by Ed5

Stripped the tape off and also ran into another forum response steering me away from the stainless shrouded lines due to eventual breakdown of rubber material. Reattached copper lines and worked like a charm!.......I'm pretty amazed that after searching the web and watching countless videos...

Your experience is much appreciated!...... I will try them without the tape

Just replaced old heater with new tank and went to connect new stainless braided water lines from Everbilt 'kit' and cold leaked constantly from top and hot leaked from bottom(tank) connections. I cleaned threads and used 3-4 wraps of tape and I declared it was a shoddy kit. I went and...