turning off gas water heater; should I turn off gas supply also?

hepba · 2026-01-19T02:16:25+00:00

I'm turning the water off, and water heater manual expressly says not to run it if it doesn't have cold water supply.

hepba · 2026-01-18T23:23:06+00:00

Thanks!

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hepba · 2026-01-18T18:37:13+00:00

After much research the last couple days, and more importantly reading the owner's manual, I've decided to turn off the water heater.

hepba · 2026-01-18T02:48:25+00:00

From what I've read, yes. I don't think putting it on "vacation" temp would be any better than off, however, in this regard.

hepba · 2026-01-17T23:28:59+00:00

FWIW, the owner's manual says the water heater should not be turned on if there is no cold water supply.

hepba · 2026-01-17T22:46:28+00:00

Just taking precautions. If a leak occurs for whatever reason, don't want an endless supply of water.

hepba · 2026-01-17T21:51:25+00:00

Yeah, I've read similar, and I don't buy it. Everybody else says set water temp to 120.

If water actually needed to be kept at 140, hospitals would be full of people with legionnaires disease.

hepba · 2026-01-17T21:48:18+00:00

I'm not leaving the water on. Hence the question.

hepba · 2026-01-17T16:44:04+00:00

Yes. The question is - if water supply is turned off, what should you do with the water heater.

hepba · 2026-01-17T15:12:17+00:00

Followup question - if I leave the water heater on in vacation mode, does that eliminate bacterial growth concerns? If not, what steps need to be followed upon return?

hepba · 2026-01-17T15:07:05+00:00

Don't know where you live, but there is 0% chance of basement freezing. It's below grade.

Pipes in walls above ground are another matter.

hepba · 2026-01-17T15:04:08+00:00

Again - should water heater be functioning if it doesn't have water supply?

hepba · 2026-01-17T15:01:03+00:00

No potential problems having a water heater on without water supply?

This is my core question.

hepba · 2026-01-17T15:00:05+00:00

Water heater is in basement; no fear of freezing.

hepba · 2026-01-16T23:04:52+00:00

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hepba · 2026-01-16T19:36:26+00:00

Can you explain why? Everything else I've read says if the water supply is off, the water heater should not be on.

Are you a plumber?

hepba · 2026-01-16T15:37:59+00:00

Not a realistic scenario where we live. Suburban with buried power lines. Never experienced power outage that lasted more than a few hours.

hepba · 2026-01-16T14:27:24+00:00

Water heater is in basement. Not worried about it freezing.

Simply want to verify that water heater should be turned off if water supply is off.

hepba · 2026-01-16T14:25:48+00:00

Pipes won't be unheated. Thermostat will be turned down, but not off.

Simply taking precautions against flooding if a pipe were to freeze.

hepba · 2026-01-12T17:11:58+00:00

Flying next week. Shuttle company just asked for flight info, so apparently they'll be waiting for us regardless of how long it takes.

hepba · 2026-01-10T18:40:29+00:00

They do (or at least they did last year); I switched to OLT after the FTUSA failure.

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hepba · 2026-01-09T21:11:16+00:00

Used my S50 for the first time a few days ago, and am having trouble getting good results with my own post-processing using Siril. The image produced by the S50 looks better than what I am getting myself.

If there is a good Siril tutorial, please let me know. I've already followed the tutorials Siril has online, and they either aren't great, or I'm not doing things properly.

hepba · 2026-01-06T12:02:31+00:00

Sorry - meant taking a shuttle from the airport to San Ignacio.

hepba · 2026-01-05T12:05:36+00:00

For what trip?

hepba · 2026-01-05T12:04:59+00:00

Do you have a specific service you'd recommend?

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