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What causes water in pipes?
I noticed that within the past month or so I have a lot of air when I
turn on the hot water. As the water gets warmer the air gets worse. Since it's only the hot water I assume it's a problem in my house, but just to be sure I checked with my neighbors and the do not have any problems. We have town water. What could be causing this? The air comes out in strong bursts sometimes and it makes the pipes vibrate. thanks. |
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What causes water in pipes?
On Jul 13, 10:01*am, "
wrote: I noticed that within the past month or so I have a lot of air when I turn on the hot water. *As the water gets warmer the air gets worse. Since it's only the hot water I assume it's a problem in my house, but just to be sure I checked with my neighbors and the do not have any problems. *We have town water. What could be causing this? *The air comes out in strong bursts sometimes and it makes the pipes vibrate. thanks. First make sure this is an "air" problem and not a "steam" problem. I have seen this be caused by a stuck thermostat on the water heater and the water was actually boiling. Its a miracle the water heater didnt blow up given it had no saftey vavle. Jimmie |
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What causes water in pipes?
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, " wrote: I noticed that within the past month or so I have a lot of air when I turn on the hot water. As the water gets warmer the air gets worse. Since it's only the hot water I assume it's a problem in my house, but just to be sure I checked with my neighbors and the do not have any problems. We have town water. What could be causing this? The air comes out in strong bursts sometimes and it makes the pipes vibrate. thanks. Make up your mind. Is it the water in the pipes that baffles you, or the air? BTW, many of us have google groups blocked, so we won't see your query or your follow-ups. |
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What causes water in pipes?
On Jul 13, 12:14*pm, Smitty Two wrote:
In article , " wrote: I noticed that within the past month or so I have a lot of air when I turn on the hot water. *As the water gets warmer the air gets worse. Since it's only the hot water I assume it's a problem in my house, but just to be sure I checked with my neighbors and the do not have any problems. *We have town water. What could be causing this? *The air comes out in strong bursts sometimes and it makes the pipes vibrate. thanks. Make up your mind. Is it the water in the pipes that baffles you, or the air? BTW, many of us have google groups blocked, so we won't see your query or your follow-ups. @ Smit2 "BTW, many of us have google groups blocked, so we won't see" "We" implies that you are part of that group. How did you see the post? |
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What causes water in pipes?
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, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Jul 13, 12:14*pm, Smitty Two wrote: In article , " wrote: I noticed that within the past month or so I have a lot of air when I turn on the hot water. *As the water gets warmer the air gets worse. Since it's only the hot water I assume it's a problem in my house, but just to be sure I checked with my neighbors and the do not have any problems. *We have town water. What could be causing this? *The air comes out in strong bursts sometimes and it makes the pipes vibrate. thanks. Make up your mind. Is it the water in the pipes that baffles you, or the air? BTW, many of us have google groups blocked, so we won't see your query or your follow-ups. @ Smit2 "BTW, many of us have google groups blocked, so we won't see" "We" implies that you are part of that group. How did you see the post? Someone else responded to it. I have about 20 regular googlegroupers whitelisted, but they have to wander in here several times and have something meaningful to contribute in order for me to notice them and grant them that status. |
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What causes water in pipes?
On Jul 13, 12:14*pm, Smitty Two wrote:
In article , " wrote: I noticed that within the past month or so I have a lot of air when I turn on the hot water. *As the water gets warmer the air gets worse. Since it's only the hot water I assume it's a problem in my house, but just to be sure I checked with my neighbors and the do not have any problems. *We have town water. What could be causing this? *The air comes out in strong bursts sometimes and it makes the pipes vibrate. thanks. Make up your mind. Is it the water in the pipes that baffles you, or the air? BTW, many of us have google groups blocked, so we won't see your query or your follow-ups. Offtopic: My ISP does not provide any news servers. How else could I post? |
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What causes water in pipes?
Aaron Fude wrote:
On Jul 13, 12:14 pm, Smitty Two wrote: In article , " wrote: I noticed that within the past month or so I have a lot of air when I turn on the hot water. As the water gets warmer the air gets worse. Since it's only the hot water I assume it's a problem in my house, but just to be sure I checked with my neighbors and the do not have any problems. We have town water. What could be causing this? The air comes out in strong bursts sometimes and it makes the pipes vibrate. thanks. Make up your mind. Is it the water in the pipes that baffles you, or the air? BTW, many of us have google groups blocked, so we won't see your query or your follow-ups. Offtopic: My ISP does not provide any news servers. How else could I post? Free newserver he http://www.eternal-september.org/ Or, for longer message retention, use Giganews, only $3/month for a basic account. If you're not into up/downloading a lot of binary stuff their basic account should suffice. Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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What causes water in pipes?
jeff_wisnia wrote:
Aaron Fude wrote: On Jul 13, 12:14 pm, Smitty Two wrote: In article , " wrote: I noticed that within the past month or so I have a lot of air when I turn on the hot water. As the water gets warmer the air gets worse. Since it's only the hot water I assume it's a problem in my house, but just to be sure I checked with my neighbors and the do not have any problems. We have town water. What could be causing this? The air comes out in strong bursts sometimes and it makes the pipes vibrate. thanks. Make up your mind. Is it the water in the pipes that baffles you, or the air? BTW, many of us have google groups blocked, so we won't see your query or your follow-ups. Offtopic: My ISP does not provide any news servers. How else could I post? Free newserver he http://www.eternal-september.org/ Or, for longer message retention, use Giganews, only $3/month for a basic account. If you're not into up/downloading a lot of binary stuff their basic account should suffice. Jeff Giganews, pearl & Jade must be new. I might drop my service down from Bronze to Jade since I don't do binaries, I'm glad you mentioned it. |
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What causes water in pipes?
On Jul 13, 12:01*pm, "
wrote: I noticed that within the past month or so I have a lot of air when I turn on the hot water. *As the water gets warmer the air gets worse. Since it's only the hot water I assume it's a problem in my house, but just to be sure I checked with my neighbors and the do not have any problems. *We have town water. What could be causing this? *The air comes out in strong bursts sometimes and it makes the pipes vibrate. thanks. Sounds like something is overheating, if not a defective/sticking thermostat could it be a defective (broken) heating element in electric hot water tank leaking and thereby heating the water excessively? Also, the thermostats only control one 'side' of the 230 volts to an electric hot water heating element! So current could flow through the other side of the 230, flow through the defective element (or part of it) into the grounded water in the tank and heat the water. Time to investigate carefully! Not a problem for someone who knows what they are doing (not necessarily an electrician) but who is competent electrically. Potentially could be expensive use of electricity. probably not that dangerous (provided the tank and piping is properly grounded!) for few hours but should be fixed asap. |
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What causes water in pipes?
wrote in message ... I noticed that within the past month or so I have a lot of air when I turn on the hot water. As the water gets warmer the air gets worse. Since it's only the hot water I assume it's a problem in my house, but just to be sure I checked with my neighbors and the do not have any problems. We have town water. What could be causing this? The air comes out in strong bursts sometimes and it makes the pipes vibrate. thanks. We had this happen after I installed a new sacrifical anode rod in the water heater. It was a puff of hydrogen gas out of the faucet when the hot water was first turned on. Turns out they sold me the wrong rod for my water heater. After putting in the right rod, the problem went away but the water heater died fairly quickly after. Replaced it with a non metal water heater that doesn't have/need a sacrifical anode and have not had any further trouble. Dan |
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What causes water in pipes?
DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Jul 13, 12:14 pm, Smitty Two wrote: In article , " wrote: I noticed that within the past month or so I have a lot of air when I turn on the hot water. As the water gets warmer the air gets worse. Since it's only the hot water I assume it's a problem in my house, but just to be sure I checked with my neighbors and the do not have any problems. We have town water. What could be causing this? The air comes out in strong bursts sometimes and it makes the pipes vibrate. thanks. Make up your mind. Is it the water in the pipes that baffles you, or the air? BTW, many of us have google groups blocked, so we won't see your query or your follow-ups. @ Smit2 "BTW, many of us have google groups blocked, so we won't see" "We" implies that you are part of that group. How did you see the post? It's the same as "Some of us in the English Romantic Literature class (well, one) has testicles." When asked why (why he took the class not why he had testicles) he responded: " 'Cause that's where the broads are." |
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What causes water in pipes?
Aaron Fude wrote:
On Jul 13, 12:14 pm, Smitty Two wrote: In article , " wrote: I noticed that within the past month or so I have a lot of air when I turn on the hot water. As the water gets warmer the air gets worse. Since it's only the hot water I assume it's a problem in my house, but just to be sure I checked with my neighbors and the do not have any problems. We have town water. What could be causing this? The air comes out in strong bursts sometimes and it makes the pipes vibrate. thanks. Make up your mind. Is it the water in the pipes that baffles you, or the air? BTW, many of us have google groups blocked, so we won't see your query or your follow-ups. Offtopic: My ISP does not provide any news servers. How else could I post? 1. Change ISPs. [Yes you can] 2. Sign up with a paid newsserver (i.e., Giganews) 3. Sign up with a free newsserver (this is what Google is for - finding stuff) |
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What causes water in pipes?
" wrote in
: I noticed that within the past month or so I have a lot of air when I turn on the hot water. As the water gets warmer the air gets worse. Since it's only the hot water I assume it's a problem in my house, but just to be sure I checked with my neighbors and the do not have any problems. We have town water. What could be causing this? The air comes out in strong bursts sometimes and it makes the pipes vibrate. thanks. You used water faucets for indoor compressed air line termination. The water is a byproduct of compressing air. In high humidity you'll have more water. Tell me, when you flush is it like one of those French blowup toilets I hear about? |
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What causes free usenet?
Paid usenet provider, such as Giganews, Teranews, or
Easynews. (dot com)Free provider like Eternal-September (dot org). -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Aaron Fude" wrote in message ... Offtopic: My ISP does not provide any news servers. How else could I post? |
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What causes water in pipes?
Generally, water in pipes is caused by a utility company.
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. |
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What causes free usenet?
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:29:04 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: Paid usenet provider, such as Giganews, Teranews, or Easynews. (dot com)Free provider like Eternal-September (dot org). Go here and download Agent 3.3 · Build 846 http://www.forteinc.com/agent/download-all.php Enter aioe.org for your server. No username or password. One of the icons is "Open Newsgroup Directory" This will allow you to search for the groups you are interested in. You can hit "Begin Search" with nothing in the search field to get a list of every group. |
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