Water Heater and Wet Mystery
On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:33:38 -0700 (PDT), " wrote:
leaks can occur from the flue area, which goes thru the center of the
tank. leaks can and do start and stop, depending on temperature and
wether interior debris happened to clog leak.
if a leak can damage anything then replace the tank at that age its
way out anyway and a new one will save you gas and money.
Sounds reasonable. But I gotta *find* the leak before I
take any action.
my one tank sprayed water out of the flue when it failed
And it was a standard up-draft flue interface? First I've heard of that.
P
"Blues starts to rolling ...
stops at my front do'.
I'm gonna change my way of livin' ...
won't have to worry no mo'."
- from "Blues Before Sunrise", Leroy Carr, maybe 1934
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