{"id":269,"date":"2021-04-14T16:15:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T16:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knowall.dev19.bigideas.io\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=269"},"modified":"2021-04-14T16:15:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T16:15:56","slug":"eztr-am-i-required-to-use-the-flex-feeder","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/knowledge-base\/eztr-am-i-required-to-use-the-flex-feeder\/","title":{"rendered":"EZTR &#8211; Am I required to use the Flex Feeder?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yes. The Flex Feeder piece (#14 below) should be utilized for every install, even those going directly vertical. While the feeder piece is designed to facilitate the Flex Pipe through the <a href=\"#bvent\">B-vent<\/a>, it is also used to prevent any foreign matter (e.g. rust, dust, etc.) from entering into the flex vent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/flexfeeder2-2-1024x853.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/flexfeeder2-2-1024x853.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/flexfeeder2-2-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/flexfeeder2-2-768x640.png 768w, https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/flexfeeder2-2-50x42.png 50w, https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/flexfeeder2-2-1536x1280.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/flexfeeder2-2-2048x1706.png 2048w, https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/flexfeeder2-2-60x50.png 60w, https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/flexfeeder2-2-100x83.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><a name=\"bvent\">B-vent<\/a><\/strong><br>A class of vent used for natural draft appliances (i.e. tank type water heaters). Not allowed for tankless water heaters with fan assisted combustion (all Noritz models).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. The Flex Feeder piece (#14 below) should be utilized for every install, even those going directly vertical. While the feeder piece is designed to facilitate the Flex Pipe through the B-vent, it is also used to prevent any foreign matter (e.g. rust, dust, etc.) from entering into the flex&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[75],"ht-kb-tag":[76],"class_list":["post-269","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-eztr","ht_kb_tag-eztr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271,"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/269\/revisions\/271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=269"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}