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At long last, a followup to this issue.

Well, we had a plumber come out to check the water heater. He wouldn't drive up to look at the water heater. Instead, he stood at the bottom of our hill,...

That makes sense. But this is a new water heater...the old one ruptured a couple of weeks ago.

I admit that I'm stymied and it's good to recognize one's limitations. It's time to throw in the...

Understood. IOW, if the pressure switch is 20 PSI, then the empty tank pressure should be 18.

But, would a bad tank cause momentary air belching with rust in the hot water but not the cold?
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It was a good suggestion to check the pressure tank, since this was something we were concerned with anyway before the water heater went out. Tonight we just measured the static water pressure at 45...

Thank you very much for your response.

With our low pressure, I've always wondered about the pressure tank, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was leaking. I'll check it out.

I still gotta...

Hello all--

Thanks in advance for any help and insight you can offer.

We bought a house that still had an el-cheapo, bottom-of-the-line water heater. No problems until a couple of weeks ago...