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Shortbus
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Plumbing/Water Heater Question
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4/22/2014 3:42:03 PM
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Just wanted to make some water heater info known.
I had my relief valve leaking.
Happened after the regulator out at the street was replaced.
I would come into the cabin and turn on the water heater from cold.
Turns out that the street regulator includes a check valve. (Water cannot go from house to main)
By heating the water in the checked house system, pressures went to 150# on 100# cpvc.
You can get a pressure gauge that connects to your hose bibb.
Toilet ran, washing machine connection dripped, etc.
Finally installed an expansion tank on the cold side of the heater.
The time a water heater lasts depends on the zinc rod inside.
It disintegrates sacrificially in place of the tank metal.
A 5 year warranty heater has one, a 10 has two rods.
Just replace every 4 or 5 years and you have a 25 year water heater..............................
If your heater is 15 years old, get rid of it before the flood.
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