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Old 12-04-2020, 10:03 PM
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Yes, done several, swap the 220v electric cord, install new pipe fittings, pressure pop off drain line, new hoses and plug it in. In okieland I was on well water with pressure tank. Water heater might last 8 years there. I alway brought the 10 year warranty one and usually got freebie before warranty ran out. Hear, got have small expansion tank which added hundred or so bucks. I considered having 220V line ran to go electric.

Gas not that hard it don’t mind fooling with gas lines.

Thanks. Electric & plastic seems easy. Hardest part seems to be taking the old one off the shelf and lifting the new one up! Yea, did a Navien gas tankless in NJ but didn't want to get 500 messages saying it wasn't safe to DIY. Even ran a copper recirc line but we had a crawlspace so it was easy to reach the MBR line from below.