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Does anyone know about hooking up a water heater to a gas or butane tank? How does it work?
Do It Yourself (DIY) Add commentsgemini237828 asked:
I currently live in mexico and it seems a lot of people do that here. What kind of water heater do i need? And how does it hook up? Help!
I currently live in mexico and it seems a lot of people do that here. What kind of water heater do i need? And how does it hook up? Help!
One Response to “Does anyone know about hooking up a water heater to a gas or butane tank? How does it work?”
November 21st, 2008 at 10:08 am
This is a simplified answer!
You need a water heater that is designed to burn the fuel you are going to use. In most larger cities they have Natural Gas available, this requires a different unit than one that burns LP (Liquid Propane).
The heater burns fuel (LP in this example) The LP is stored in a tank in liquid form a line (pipe) feeds the fuel through a regulator and changes to a gaseous state as it is allowed to expand in the supply line. The fuel is fed to a burner in the water heater, the flames from the burning heats the water and you get to take a nice hot shower.