Problem with water heater or not?
Kind of a long story so I'll try to be brief. 2013 Forest River (Salem) TT. 6 gallon DSI water heater. Twice after taking delivery the electric side of the water heater stopped working and has now ...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:mikeh449 wrote:
did you open pressure relief when you put water in the heater to burp it
Why do you 'burb' it thru PRV?
Open a faucet to expel air in system.
WH tank is designed to have an air pocket in top of tank so that the air can be compressed when the water is heated (water can't be compressed----pressure increases---PRV leaks)
Ok now...let's keep our plumbing acronyms straight. A PRV is a pressure regulating valve. A T&P is a temperature and pressure relief valve.
Bruce
