If I install this under an outdoor kitchen sink, is there a way to drain it for winter?
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No, I don't see a drain on the unit. I'd wrap it with insulation if I had mine outside.
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There is no tank drain like most large water heaters, but it could be drained by disconnecting the lines and using air pressure, or removing it from the hanger and turning it upside down.
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It does not have a drain on it like a typical water heater. So the only way to be able to winterized it, in my opinion, would be to disconnect the power and then disconnect the two hoses/pipes and turn the unit upside down to drain. In other words, you'd have to remove it to accomplish this.
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You could certainly plumb in your own tee and ball valve drain. I never see this as a suggestion.
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Not as such. It uses regular old 1/2" MPT on the inlet and outlet. So, if you used flexible 1/2" NPT lines to plumb it in, it would be pretty simple to unbolt the lines, and unmount it from the hanger and empty it out. There is no easily accessible drain. Note, since you can't drain it, unmounting it means you need to be able to get it off the wall hooks, and it weighs a bit more than 70lbs when full of water.
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I don't think that would be a good idea, with the threat of a water leak. Mine is under a kitchen cabnet.
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That is exactly what we did with ours. We installed it under our kitchen sink as the water heater is quite far from the kitchen and it was taking quite a while for the warm water to arrive. Now it is almost instantaneous. Julie
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I don't leave it on in the winter and drain the line. You would have to use heat tape and a heater for the bird bath.
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I have drained mine we get cold here and I don't want it to freeze and split.
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Hi Christina. Unfortunately the sink is designed specifically for that. I'd not recommend to install it any other way. Angel
946758
Yes you can with no problem at all. It's about a couple inches from open hindge. Love mine but I did not install the water drain lines. Not needed.
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I have always this product to my drainfield via and outside access point to that system. I would be hesitant to add it via any sink. For a definitive answer call the 800 number on the product label, they are very knowledgeable.
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There is a sort of extendable ramp that is supposed to drain the water right into the sink - which means that it should be placed at the very maximum 5 inches away from the sink. I personally wanted to placed on the very other end of my kitchen and so what I did was take the grease cup that came with my George foreman and place it immediately below that drainage ramp and it worked perfectly.
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unfortunately, theres no drain. if you have a lot of room, you could use a small pool. However it sure did make serving cold foods easier where you can't fit a kids pool.
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If you live in a climate with freezing temperatures, this fixture should be drained for winter.
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maybe under a covered porch. depending where you live, you may not want to leave it out during winter
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Hi Christina.Unfortunately the sink is designed specifically for that.I'd not recommend to install it any other way.Angel
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yes, You just need a drain that is for sink and water that you can go to normal hardware store and buy fridge ice making kit for 13$,it is very easy to install.....
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Put in a layer of coarse gravel on the bottom so soil won't plug drain holes and water can move from soil through the gravel to drain holes. Tom
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What I did was purchases some tubing from home depot and I drain the AC unit outside the door. My unit uses a sliding door so I was able to route the tubing on a downward slope.
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I have it located outside under a shop sink. I've cleaned it one time in five years. But I only have it plugged in during the winter. So I would say it depends on your water condition and amount of use. I'm very happy with it.