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Message: <blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3761722" data-attributes="member: 15054">Yea I hear ya on that deal.This water heater has been in the house since before we bought the house in 1998.One day it will quit on me.It did leak for a couple days a few years ago and I wrote it off as the leak sealed up.Knock on wood.I was thinking something.I could place a bunch or pipe in the attic and plumb it to feed the water tank.Valves positioned to not use it in the winter and let it drain.Attic heat is real and will heat some pipe.I figured 100 foot of 3" would be 40 gallons.Just thinking out loud here.I only have about 30 feet of 3" though.I will not do it.But was thinking you could do it and just turn the water tank  heat off completely.</blockquote>