hello,
Just installed a new ordinary electric water heater yesterday. Everything seems to work ok, except I have a very small droplet of water that forms at the base of the outlet heat trap (photo attached). What could be the problem? How should I diagnose it?
This is my first water heater install - I read up alot and I feel like I did everything by the book: I bought a pair of heat traps, spread pipe joint compound over the threads and installed them into the water heater. I created the connector by sweating a female threaded connector to my copper pipe, then installed it onto the heat trap. I cranked it down pretty well - is it possible to over-tighten these connections? Did I miss something in the install?
Any advice would be appreciated - I would like to know what to do to diagnose before cutting into my pipe. I feel like some plumber's putty could do the trick, but if I messed up something on the install, I suppose better to figure it out now.
Thanks much!
Steve
Just installed a new ordinary electric water heater yesterday. Everything seems to work ok, except I have a very small droplet of water that forms at the base of the outlet heat trap (photo attached). What could be the problem? How should I diagnose it?
This is my first water heater install - I read up alot and I feel like I did everything by the book: I bought a pair of heat traps, spread pipe joint compound over the threads and installed them into the water heater. I created the connector by sweating a female threaded connector to my copper pipe, then installed it onto the heat trap. I cranked it down pretty well - is it possible to over-tighten these connections? Did I miss something in the install?
Any advice would be appreciated - I would like to know what to do to diagnose before cutting into my pipe. I feel like some plumber's putty could do the trick, but if I messed up something on the install, I suppose better to figure it out now.
Thanks much!
Steve