Materials And Basic Tools Needed; Deciding On The Type Of Installation - Regency 600PHSHEATER Instruction Manual

MATERIALS AND BASIC TOOLS NEEDED

DECIDING ON THE TYPE OF INSTALLATION

There are typically two different types of installation. The installation section of this manual has been broken into these two methods.
Look at your old water heater installation to determine which type of installation you have. After finding out what type of installation
you have, look at these options:
Section A
Galvanized Pipe or Copper (Sweat) Piping
The original piping is galvanized pipe or sweat copper
and you are going to use a "Water Heater Installation
Kit".
Installation Kit or Individual Parts
Electric Installation
Kit
Reducer Bushing
CHECK YOUR TOOLS
Hacksaw
Slot-Head Screwdriver
Phillips Screwdriver
Pipe Dope Stick
or
Roll of Teflon Tape
Electrical
Wiring Kit
3/4" Connectors
Fittings
Flexible Water
connectors with
3/4" Pipe Nipples
1/2" to 3/w" 1/2" Connector
Fittings
Pipe Wrench
Garden Hose
Section B
Copper (Sweat) Piping
The original piping is copper sweat and you are going
to reconnect with sweat joints.
Length of Hard Copper Piping (Size of copper pipe and
sweat fittingsmust be the same size as the original piping.)
CHECK YOUR TOOLS
Slot-Head Screwdriver
Phillips Screwdriver
Tubing Cutter
Roll of Lead-Free
Solder Flux
Pipe Wrench
Roll of Emery Cloth Garden Hose
1 3/4" Male Threaded to
Sweat Connectors
2 3/4" Female Threaded
to Sweat Connectors
1-90°Sweat
Elbow
2-Sweat
Couplings
2-3"Nipples (Use Dielectric
Fittings when available)
3/4" (19mm) WIRE BRUSH
1/2" (13mm) WIRE BRUSH
Soft Soder
Propane Torch
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