sh410 wrote:
downtheroad wrote:
Pressure relief valve...very important safety feature.
Try this first:
Water Heater Air Pocket
Shut off the water supply, open the relief valve until water stop coming out, close it, turn the water supply back on.
This will reestablish the air pocket in the water heater, giving the water some place to expand to when it is heated.
If this doesn't work, replace the valve...very simple. Home Depot, Lowes. a wrench and some teflon tape on the treads.
The only correct answer!!!! RTFM
Read the OP's post. He caused the leak himself by opening the valve while the water heater was cold. There was NO indication the valve is defective. It simply got some internal crud in the valve opening. It quite possibly could be stopped the same way it started. I've done it a number of times.
If it doesn't stop, then replace it.
I'm surprised that someone on this forum didn't advise him to buy a DP.....
