Water heater safety valve
2011 Tioga Montara Atwood water heater. after about 20-25 minutes of the water heater running the safety valve will begin to leak. Is the valve going bad or is the water heater getting too hot? How w...
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dougrainer wrote:Espee wrote:
Dont open that press relief valve unless you are prepared to replace it....
Wives tale.
Yes and no. It depends.
IF....you open it regularly as a part of draining, it is likely that you will not have a problem for a LONG time.
OTOH, if you have a 10 year old water heater that has never been drained and the valve has never been opened......it is almost guaranteed that opening it once will result in some mineral deposits getting stuck in the seal and a subsequent leak.
P.S. The same thing applies to the drain valve at the bottom.....if there is one.
