tbz
Silver Member
So here is my question, and plumbing is not my primary, nor secondary, but helping a friend out with a hot water heater dip tube replacement, which should be a simple job normally.
The issue is the original installation 20 years ago, nor the replacement 8 years ago, installed unions at the water heater to make this job simple to service.
So, the simplest way to add the unions I see currently is to take a Sharkebite to male thread fitting and thread each end into a union, and then cut and replace the section on the cold feed and the hot feed.
My thought process is the threaded fittings will break the current bond connection and needs to be re-established with jumpers, but if I use sweated fitting unions I can forgo the bonding jumpers, yes/no?
Or does the tank need to even be in the bond, as there is a jumper at the ceiling level, connecting the hot and cold lines already and the threaded connectors to the tank are already breaking the bond loop in question?
The issue is the original installation 20 years ago, nor the replacement 8 years ago, installed unions at the water heater to make this job simple to service.
So, the simplest way to add the unions I see currently is to take a Sharkebite to male thread fitting and thread each end into a union, and then cut and replace the section on the cold feed and the hot feed.
My thought process is the threaded fittings will break the current bond connection and needs to be re-established with jumpers, but if I use sweated fitting unions I can forgo the bonding jumpers, yes/no?
Or does the tank need to even be in the bond, as there is a jumper at the ceiling level, connecting the hot and cold lines already and the threaded connectors to the tank are already breaking the bond loop in question?
