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home and garden home appliancesDo Rheem water heaters have heat traps?
Most tank-type water heaters today, Rheem, AO Smith, State, American, Bradford White, and others, are equipped with the two heat traps (hot and cold pipes) to increase the energy efficiency, while those without, can be retrofitted. The most used types are with the metal nipples with the flaps or balls inside.
People also ask, does my water heater have a heat trap?
Heat traps are valves or loops of pipe installed on the cold water inlet and hot water outlet pipes on water heaters. The heat traps allow cold water to flow into the water heater tank, but prevent unwanted convection and heated water to flow out of the tank. Newer water heaters have built-in heat traps.
Accordingly, do you need a heat trap on my water heater?
Water heater heat traps are almost essential to install. They're available as “nipples” with either a flap or ball, or you can bend the pipes to form a “gooseneck.” Heat traps will prevent any heat from escaping while in standby mode. This increases the efficiency of your hot water tank.
Dielectric Unions If either the tank nipples or the pipes are galvanized steel, however, and you are connecting them to copper, you must use a fitting called a dielectric union to make the connection. Both the hot and cold water pipes must have this fitting -- it's a code requirement.