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| cdbrown:
Pressure relief valves can fail at any time, mainly once they lift to relieve what ever pressure is against them and cannot reseat properly due to misalignment, dirt or corroded springs that was pushing (or pulling) the plunger into the seat. You may want to slightly reduce the temp of the heater as this slightly higher temp may be causing the relief valve to lift for a very very short time (10th of second). Was it still leaking when you turned the system off? It may have been the valve was chattering (opening and closing) as the pressure was on the limit of the valve (just throwing ideas out there). |
| ChadTower:
No, it stopped leaking as soon as I turned it off. And the operating temp, even though a little higher than it had been, is still below what is marked "normal". So that shouldn't be an issue unless the thermostat is bad. |
| ChadTower:
Several hours later, no leaks. Looks resolved. |
| shmokes:
Well, at least it could have been worse from what I understand. When hot water heaters decide to go it's often a lot worse than that. A lady I work with went home and there was a hole in the wall where the water had sprayed long enough to wear a hole through. So a rather high pressure stream of water was just spraying into the next room, and had been for hours. And this was all finished, with carpet, etc. Sucky. |
| cdbrown:
She'll find that wasn't the only cost - increased water and utility bill due to having to constantly heat the water replacing what is being lost. Amazing what a pinhole leak can do when unnoticed. If it was a bigger hole she probably would have been fine (except for flooding) |
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