I am back home but trying to get my water lines working. I installed 2 new 1/2” valves. When I connected the first and closed it after running city water for a short while the water started draining out of the other drain, assuming hot water. I turned off the city and let the water stop draining then installed the 2nd 1/2” valve. I turned the city water back on and rather quickly noticed water coming out from the water heater area. Upon closer inspection I could see a stream shooting out from the cooler type insulation. I shut off the city water and opened both valves to drain the water. Not sure what if anything I did wrong. Any thoughts on what happened?

The Clubhouse wrote:I am back home but trying to get my water lines working. I installed 2 new 1/2” valves. When I connected the first and closed it after running city water for a short while the water started draining out of the other drain, assuming hot water. I turned off the city and let the water stop draining then installed the 2nd 1/2” valve. I turned the city water back on and rather quickly noticed water coming out from the water heater area. Upon closer inspection I could see a stream shooting out from the cooler type insulation. I shut off the city water and opened both valves to drain the water. Not sure what if anything I did wrong. Any thoughts on what happened?Kind of a cryptic post. We need the story from the beginning...I’ll take a shot; is the pressure valve closed?

I am with billtex. Your post makes little sense. Where and why did you install valves? What "drain" was the water leaking from? It also appears you had water coming out of the "cooler type insulation". I have no idea what that means. I thought the water was leaking from the hot side. What cooler?

I believe the "cooler type insulation" refers to the styrofoam jacket around the HWH. But I agree with Billtex, we need to rewind the story and understand what valves were installed where and why and to fix what problem.

When I did plumbing work on my last camper to add an isolation valve at the city water inlet, it was not tightened all the way. Water under pressure will come out at a decent rate!! Quickest dash tot he spigot I ever did!NorthStar uses those "flair-it" type connection and if you don't get them seated tight, it will leak.My guess is that OP needs to re-check the connections.With respect to "a stream shooting out from the cooler type insulation"... I agree with others that might be the water heater... and if water is coming from behind it, then I hope OP did not compromise the connection inside it at the heater itself when doing the work.

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JimK-NY
Explorer II
Mar 11, 2021
I am with billtex. Your post makes little sense. Where and why did you install valves? What "drain" was the water leaking from? It also appears you had water coming out of the "cooler type insulation". I have no idea what that means. I thought the water was leaking from the hot side. What cooler?
billtex
Explorer II
Mar 11, 2021
The Clubhouse wrote:
I am back home but trying to get my water lines working. I installed 2 new 1/2” valves. When I connected the first and closed it after running city water for a short while the water started draining out of the other drain, assuming hot water. I turned off the city and let the water stop draining then installed the 2nd 1/2” valve. I turned the city water back on and rather quickly noticed water coming out from the water heater area. Upon closer inspection I could see a stream shooting out from the cooler type insulation. I shut off the city water and opened both valves to drain the water. Not sure what if anything I did wrong. Any thoughts on what happened?

Kind of a cryptic post. We need the story from the beginning...

I’ll take a shot; is the pressure valve closed?

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