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    Jul 24, 2013, 09:20 AM
    With the water heater set on vacation can the water be turned OFF?
    With the water heater set at vacation can the water be turned OFF?
    [ We are leaving for five months]
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    Jul 24, 2013, 10:28 AM
    Hi Barb barb

    It is definitely a good idea to shut off the WATER MAIN itself... will shut off hot water automatically as well.

    Mark
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    Jul 24, 2013, 10:46 AM
    I would definitely agree regarding shutting off the main not just the heater. I do some work in a resort home area where owners are gone for weeks at a time. A toilet fill line burst at one home and ran 300,000 gallons in a month totaling the home. I'd consider setting the heater to pilot only rather than vacation mode.
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    Jul 24, 2013, 01:22 PM
    Vacation mode and pilot mode are the same setting on a gas valve/thermostat... just labeled differently on some gas valves/thermostats... ;)
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