Comments on: Water Heater Maintenance

by: eagle

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:24:32 +0000

Hello
i am plumber i find meny problems concerning water heaters but i don’t know how do i repair them?
i hope you to send me couses and sulochns

by: Jose

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:36:34 +0000

Why doesnt water go inside the water heater?

by: Tom Grimsley

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:50:58 +0000

Dave,

I am having the same problem with a small amount of water leaking out my T&P valve. I replaced what I thought was a defective valve only to have the new one do the same thing. I have a 40 gallon gas water heater with an expanion tank. The water heater is 2 years old.
What gives?

by: John Cannamela

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:38:35 +0000

You can try to change the sacrificial anode its the metal rod in all electric HWH’s sometimes the magnesium cna be changed to aluminum and may be the cause.

by: Dave

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:07:25 +0000

Water is coming out of the pressure relief valve on my water heater. It will leak almost nothing for days, and then will push out multiple gallons of water on a given day. Could this be a defective T&P relief valve, knowing that the amount of water coming out is inconsistent? Also, is it possible that a water heater can be fine for 6 years, and then all of a sudden need a thermal expansion tank?

by: Bruce Adler

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:47:22 +0000

I have a fairly new 40 Gal. electric water heater that has been working great since April. This is a vacation home that I only get to on weekends. Last week I turned on the water to take a shower and the sulphur smell was terrible. Rotten Eggs. What could have caused this? Only the hot water. What can I do to remedy the situation shy of draining the tank?
been working great

by: Dave K

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:18:01 +0000

After watching the segment on tv i followed the steps to drain the sedement from my electric water heater. Now the heater does not want to come back on. The power is on, what am i doing wrong?

by: John Cannamela

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:18:01 +0000

With LP or Nat gas combustion you have several things produced -water is one of them, as the gas is heated the water vapor is in a transiant state from just below steam temperature.Until the flue gasses heat up enough to cause the combustables up the flue-some of the water vapor drips back down on the burner. If you notice when you first star a car the exhaust drips water for a bit until the engine heats up–same thing.Most new heaters and furnaces are called condensing type,which means exactly that.the furnace is so efficient that the exhaust is cool enough to produce condensation and actually needs a drain and can use PVC flue pipe.
You may have a blocked flue or may not be pitched up enough.

by: Steve

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:46:16 +0000

My hot water heater makes noises from time to time that seem rather odd. It will just start making a popping/sizzling noise for ~30 sec’s and then quiet right down - does this on random frequency?? Could it be ‘airbound’ and this is the cold water hitting hot element?

by: Billy

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:52:00 +0000

Check your pressures on the inlet side of the tank and outlet side to see the difference in actual pressure…