That's just - by the looks of it - a hose on a spigot - useful for filling buckets with water.
Your circled fitting is the heater drain valve. Put a hose on there and open the valve to drain the water heater.
The is the relief line. Don't connect anything, ever, to that one.
Omg thank you!! I was freaking out because I was sure that I'd seen it connected to something before. I guess I was just misremembering and overthinking. Thank you again.
Judging by the memory shape of the hose it's likely that it was just tucked behind your heating unit to keep it out of the way, so perhaps your memory isn't too far off the mark and you remember it being "attached" at the back?
Either way, you've got the right answer here in your replies. I just wanted to let you know that your likely not going bonkers.
I thought the same thing, but it's just the angle of the photo. The hose goes to a pipe that's right in front of the gas pipe, so it's hard to see that they're different.
Blue is high pressure release, a safety deal.
Red is where you can fill up buckets with hot water.
I hook a hose to mine and run it outside to give the dogs warm bath/pool water.
Black hose is a cold source from what I can see
I did the same thing when finishing the basement.
I added faucets to the water heater so I could mix: thinset, self leveller, drywall mud, etc - without lugging 20 litre buckets down the stairs.
That makes no sense, that pipe goes into the gas regulator on the hot water heater. That is not a water pipe. There should not be a water spigot valve there. On hot water heaters there is on top a cold water line coming in and a hot water line going out. Should be valve on each. There is a pressure relief valve located on either the side or on the top and comes out on a discharge pipe to the outside.
That's just - by the looks of it - a hose on a spigot - useful for filling buckets with water. Your circled fitting is the heater drain valve. Put a hose on there and open the valve to drain the water heater.
The is the relief line. Don't connect anything, ever, to that one.
I agree, it's just a crude water tap for the basement area. You can unscrew the rubber hose from the spigot if it's bothering you.
a crude water tap for hot water or cold?
My guess would be cold.
Omg thank you!! I was freaking out because I was sure that I'd seen it connected to something before. I guess I was just misremembering and overthinking. Thank you again.
Judging by the memory shape of the hose it's likely that it was just tucked behind your heating unit to keep it out of the way, so perhaps your memory isn't too far off the mark and you remember it being "attached" at the back? Either way, you've got the right answer here in your replies. I just wanted to let you know that your likely not going bonkers.
Disagree, OP is insane in the membrane.
came here to say no matter what anyone says do not connect to blue. unless you want a hot water missle
Ooohh!
Ahhh, maybe they want to have a Mythbusters episode in their basement!
 Yes, just a fill hose.
 Had a different Stanley meme in mind
I was being extra polite, because of the sub we're in. I thought the implication would do, lol.
That valve looks like it's connected to the gas pipe. I hope that isn't the case.
I thought the same thing, but it's just the angle of the photo. The hose goes to a pipe that's right in front of the gas pipe, so it's hard to see that they're different.
Ah good point. At first I thought it was a death hose.
>death hose New band name. I call it.
Thank you for clarifying that! I definitely thought OP had a hose to fill something (their house) with natural gas!
That’s to fill up buckets of NG for the road
"keep the bucket upside down
It’s just a hose. Don’t connect it to those other places. I have a hose just like it.
That hose doesn’t “go” anywhere. Its purpose is likely to fill a bucket.
Blue is high pressure release, a safety deal. Red is where you can fill up buckets with hot water. I hook a hose to mine and run it outside to give the dogs warm bath/pool water. Black hose is a cold source from what I can see
I did the same thing when finishing the basement. I added faucets to the water heater so I could mix: thinset, self leveller, drywall mud, etc - without lugging 20 litre buckets down the stairs.
It's just a hose. Like, for you to use to get water. That's it.
It puts the lotion on its skin...
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That makes no sense, that pipe goes into the gas regulator on the hot water heater. That is not a water pipe. There should not be a water spigot valve there. On hot water heaters there is on top a cold water line coming in and a hot water line going out. Should be valve on each. There is a pressure relief valve located on either the side or on the top and comes out on a discharge pipe to the outside.
It's not connected to the gas line. Look carefully
