Timeline for Why is my Water Heater Leaking only when I open the Pressure valve?
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| Jun 12, 2020 at 9:05 | answer | added | user118367 | timeline score: 2 | |
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| Jun 10, 2020 at 0:54 | history | edited | Jimmy Fix-it | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 10, 2020 at 0:53 | comment | added | Jimmy Fix-it | Also, if you don't mind I will edit your question because a statement there misled @brhans and I: "The shut off valve is connected to pipe that does not drain into the pan btw". I think you meant (and it should say) "The relief valve is connected..." | |
| Jun 10, 2020 at 0:50 | comment | added | Jimmy Fix-it | Yes you should look around the T&P valve (and the inlet and outlet) for signs of an external connection leak that may be running down the outside of the tank and coming out at the bottom. But you don't have to drain it. That whole tin cover is just to hold insulation to the tank. The tank is heavy steel, you can't damage it by poking around on the top by the connections. | |
| Jun 9, 2020 at 3:10 | comment | added | user118367 | @JimmyFix-it: I found where the water comes out underneath from the burning chamber (see added photo). Is it worth draining it and taking off the top in order to to get a better look at whats going on around the pressure relief valve? | |
| Jun 9, 2020 at 3:07 | history | edited | user118367 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 9, 2020 at 1:48 | comment | added | user118367 | I also added a photo with some suspicious brown pieces that fell to the bottom. Anyone knows what those are? | |
| Jun 9, 2020 at 1:47 | history | edited | user118367 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 9, 2020 at 1:42 | comment | added | user118367 | @JimmyFix-it: The pipe does not lead into the pan, but into the wall. I assume it connects to a drain, because there is a bathroom with a toiled behind the wall. Unfortunately I haven't figured out where exactly the water drops down, but I assume it's somehow under the unit. | |
| Jun 9, 2020 at 1:40 | comment | added | user118367 | @brhans: Like I wrote in the question, the pipe connected to the valve does not lead to the pan but to a drain inside the wall, so there is no connection from the valve outlet to the pan, where water accumulates when I open the valve. | |
| Jun 9, 2020 at 0:53 | answer | added | Lovedawizdom | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 9, 2020 at 0:01 | comment | added | Jimmy Fix-it | Unrelated, where does that vent pipe go? That is single-wall vent pipe and not suitable for passing through walls/ceilings/roofs... | |
| Jun 8, 2020 at 23:58 | comment | added | Jimmy Fix-it | Have you figured out where the water in the pan originated? Does the "pressure valve" (it's actually a temperature & pressure relief valve) outlet pipe lead into the pan? I ask this because a leaking T&P valve is a common occurrence, while a leaking tank on an 8 year old heater would be very unusual. Can you see dripping water from the bottom of the heater, or from the T&P valve outlet tube? | |
| Jun 8, 2020 at 23:45 | comment | added | brhans | It's not clear to me why you think that your water heater only leaks when you open the pressure valve. When you open that valve, water obviously comes out of the water heater through the valve, and any water which comes out is then being replaced into the water heater through the inlet. This is normal operation... | |
| Jun 8, 2020 at 23:29 | answer | added | Programmer66 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 8, 2020 at 23:21 | history | edited | user118367 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 8, 2020 at 23:02 | history | asked | user118367 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |