"GotBonus?" wrote in message
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I have searched Google and looked through the manual of the unit and can
find not reason for the following...
Several months ago a friend had a new Bradford White water heater
installed.
Today she noticed a slow but steady stream of water(which is hot) the
width
of a "drip" started from the pressure release that is plumbed through the
wall to the outside. I looked at it and manually released the pressure
using the rocker valve on top of the unit and was able to get a "gush" of
water to flow.
The drip continues albeit a bit more slowly.

What would cause this? The unit was installed by a professional plumber
referred by a home warranty.
Anything to worry about?

Most likely nothing to worry about for the weekend. It is just leaking hot
water. Call the man back and have him replace the valve. It should not
leak and is wasting water and the power to heat it.
If steam was comming out the pipe, then it is probably running way too hot
but you should notice that at the sinks in the house when the hot water is
turned on.