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Default Well Pump Pressure Release Valve Dripping

trashmanvic wrote:
Ok,
What a nightmare!

The pressure release valve on my well (Residential water). Just started
dripping one day.
Figured no big deal will replace it. But same thing still dripping. I
put teflon tape on so its not from the threads. It is rated for 75psi
and my gauge reads 60 any suggestions ?
Thanks in advance


Just a hunch. Turn off the water heater. Open a faucet
a few seconds just to relieve pressure.
See if pressure builds enough to make the relief weep.

No weep? Thermal expansion is the cause.

Still weep? Move to next guess.

Jim