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Yes..Matt..perhaps...but I've seen many of those roundees in our NYS Armories...Ive yet to see the Turkey Warmer in the flesh...Gotta git me one..& put in me dining room. The other thing is the round ones need quite a bit of floor space. Mad Dog

Dammit Jim, I'm a plumber, NOT a Doctor…… Eric, you are way OVER thinking this. It's your brain and you can use it how ever you want, but your time is better spent on real problems and solutions.

Isolate the tank. Put a hose on the drain cock and open it. Once pressure drops to zero, which will happen in short order, on the bottom of the red Airtrol fitting is a brass fitting, It's an air vent. Grab a straight screw driver. Open it, and it will let air into the tank and will allow the water logged tank to drain. Don't just let a little water out. Drain it COMPLETELY. This will take maybe 10 minutes… Once completely drained, close the drain cock, un-isolate the tank and allow the auto make up valve to stabilize pressure at around 12 PSI. You're done. The tank WILL be half full of water and half full of compressible air (cushion). Clean up the mess and go back to living life without having to worry about your system.

BTW, the ONLY thing I've added to what everyone else has already said numerous times, is to use the Airtrol vent to expedite draining the tank. You could stand there for hours waiting for the tank to "glug" itself to empty, but your time is better spent doing other things… Like watching old Star Trek shows :-)

Enjoy.

ME

I don't think that will fit in my tub.

(and the corrosion inhibitors in ann arbor water will form nodules on monel just like they do on any other metal)