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Title: Help! Picture request: Manibloc and drain lines
Post by: Don & Tys on June 02, 2013, 09:36:55 pm
I'm working on putting the utility bay plumbing system back together after getting the black and gray tanks back in, and I'm wondering if anybody out there with a late 90s U270 has any clear pictures of the drain lines and the mental block area without the cover in front of it that you could share? Unfortunately, it has been so long since I took it all apart and I didn't think to get any good pictures before I dismantled it. I'm sure I'll be able to figure it out eventually, but anybody who has pictures might be able to speed that up considerably. Any help would be appreciated! as an example, here is one picture that I have which will be helpful but definitely not definitive... :o
Title: Re: Help! Picture request: Manibloc and drain lines
Post by: MAZ on June 02, 2013, 10:09:33 pm
Don,
  If you don't get some pictures soon I will take some of mine tomorrow. I have a 99 U270.

Mark
Title: Re: Help! Picture request: Manibloc and drain lines
Post by: jor on June 02, 2013, 10:24:43 pm
Here's a 99 320, Don. Probably similar.
jor

Title: Re: Help! Picture request: Manibloc and drain lines
Post by: Don & Tys on June 02, 2013, 11:25:45 pm
Thanks Jor! That is helpful, but I think having a propane water heater might make it different enough to matter.
Still hoping for a 99' U270 with the WTFE floor plan where the waste tanks are forward of the fresh...
Don
Quote from: jor –
Here's a 99 320, Don. Probably similar.
jor
Title: Re: Help! Picture request: Manibloc and drain lines
Post by: Don & Tys on June 02, 2013, 11:30:40 pm
That would be great Mark, Thanks!
Quote from: MAZ –
Don,
  If you don't get some pictures soon I will take some of mine tomorrow. I have a 99 U270.

Mark
Title: Re: Help! Picture request: Manibloc and drain lines
Post by: MAZ on June 03, 2013, 12:06:52 pm
Here are a few pictures I just took for you Don. The clear hose below the accumulator is just a water heater drain hose that is stored there. I hope they are helpful.

Mark
Title: Re: Help! Picture request: Manibloc and drain lines
Post by: Don & Tys on June 03, 2013, 12:26:40 pm
Thanks Mark! Those are awesome pictures, just like the ones I should have taken. Karma Plus to you! Do you know offhand what the two connections on the top of the Manibloc hook up to? When I took this apart, I guess I never thought it would be more than a year later that I'd be trying to put it back together... I am guessing that the top connection on the cold side of the Manibloc is the output from the water pump, and that the top on the hot side is a loop with the water heater? One thing for sure, by the time I get done figuring this out, I will know how the system works!
Don
Quote from: MAZ –
Here are a few pictures I just took for you Don. The clear hose below the accumulator is just a water heater drain hose that is stored there. I hope they are helpful.

Mark
Title: Re: Help! Picture request: Manibloc and drain lines
Post by: MAZ on June 03, 2013, 12:31:45 pm
Don,
  Sorry I don't know off hand but I would assume also they come from the water pump and water heater. Maybe the lower inputs are from the house pump and the upper come from the city water supply. Have fun on your adventure.

Mark
Title: Re: Help! Picture request: Manibloc and drain lines
Post by: Don & Tys on June 03, 2013, 01:32:48 pm
Mark,
I just want to say again how helpful those pictures are... Just looking at it now, I see all kinds of clues which will help me figure this out. For instance, the heater duct and by the freshwater tank and pump... I had a vague memory that there was a heater ducts in that compartment and now I can see that that is correct!
Don

Quote from: MAZ –
Don,
  Sorry I don't know off hand but I would assume also they come from the water pump and water heater. Maybe the lower inputs are from the house pump and the upper come from the city water supply. Have fun on your adventure.

Mark
Title: Re: Help! Picture request: Manibloc and drain lines
Post by: Bill Willett on June 03, 2013, 02:48:57 pm
The upper pex is the cold water in and hot water out from the water heater.
Title: Re: Help! Picture request: Manibloc and drain lines
Post by: Don & Tys on June 03, 2013, 03:00:31 pm
Bill, thanks a lot! Just so I am clear, the cold water Pex at the top of the manifold goes to the water heater in and the connection for hot on top of the manifold goes from the water heater out?
Don
Quote from: Bill Willett –
The upper pex is the cold water in and hot water out from the water heater.
Title: Re: Help! Picture request: Manibloc and drain lines
Post by: Dean & Dee on June 03, 2013, 04:08:54 pm
Quote from: acousticart –
Bill, thanks a lot! Just so I am clear, the cold water Pex at the top of the manifold goes to the water heater in and the connection for hot on top of the manifold goes from the water heater out?
Don
                          Don, that is how mine is set up. Both top manifold lines are to-from the water heater.

              Dean
Title: Re: Help! Picture request: Manibloc and drain lines
Post by: Bill Willett on June 03, 2013, 04:18:55 pm
Quote from: acousticart –
Bill, thanks a lot! Just so I am clear, the cold water Pex at the top of the manifold goes to the water heater in and the connection for hot on top of the manifold goes from the water heater out?
Don

Don that is correct, when I fixed a leak in my heater,I installed 2 valves in the lines to isolate the heater in the event there was an other leak.
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