DIYbanter - View Single Post - Water heater relief valve -- POW!

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Reconnoitering the front room and kitchen, nothing. She looked
into the garage and said, "Ack! The water heater has exploded!"

I ran out and saw nothing of the kind (fortunately). What I did
see was a pressure relief pipe (which in this case discharges
straight onto the concrete floor) spewing steaming water.

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Comments and feedback actively solicited. I'd prefer to see
them here in the newsgroup rather than mailed to me:

Be grateful for the relief valve. In the old days they would explode,
sending the center through the ceiling like a missile and landing God
knows where. Had a neighbors land on my front lawn once after the
explosion woke me from an afternoon nap.

Frank