Master Plumber Mark
Sensitivity trainer and plumber of mens souls
none of you know what you are talking about
The one picture of the blown up tank is from my store front window in Indianapolis...
That tank and another one in the window are the only 2 water heaters I have ever seen
that EXPLODED in the past 40 years......
They are rare as hens teeth........
they dont come along very often beause 99% of all of the t+p valves work correctly for decades....
I still have not seen a legitimate picture of an imploded water heater that imploded natrually on its own.... because it is simply impossible to happen..
I am still waiting for someone to post that picture of a real legitimate... in the field imploded heater......its going on over a year now...... so what gives here???
The next water heater you have pictured has a problem with High Water Pressure
and Thermal Expansion..... We see this a lot when a heater is in a closed loop system and the pressure has no where to go .....with no thermal expansion tank on it....
here is a picture of a thermally expanded heater for your viewing pleasure..
as you can see , the top of the fan motor is actually cracked from the inward pressure .
of the union pipe nipples that were actually bent inwards due to THERMAL EXPANSION
we took the top off to take a better look at the actual metal and its pretty amazeing that this heater did not split and blow up....
Now Remember children, this did NOT IMPLODE.... it Thermally Expanded...
If your state or region of the USA wishes to force you install a vaccuum relief
valve on a water heater, then you better do it, no matter how stupid and absurd, or insane it totally is.....
All I am stateing is the obvious, they will leak and piss all over the place
some day.....its only a matter of when......
It would be wise to fugure out a way to install a overflow pipe to this vaccuum relief valve and into a drain....
Odds are, you are gonna be named in a law-suit for the water damages it causes someday.
I hope that your insurance comapny will pay for the huge $$ water damages is causes....
please--just cover your ass
The one picture of the blown up tank is from my store front window in Indianapolis...
That tank and another one in the window are the only 2 water heaters I have ever seen
that EXPLODED in the past 40 years......
They are rare as hens teeth........
they dont come along very often beause 99% of all of the t+p valves work correctly for decades....
I still have not seen a legitimate picture of an imploded water heater that imploded natrually on its own.... because it is simply impossible to happen..
I am still waiting for someone to post that picture of a real legitimate... in the field imploded heater......its going on over a year now...... so what gives here???
The next water heater you have pictured has a problem with High Water Pressure
and Thermal Expansion..... We see this a lot when a heater is in a closed loop system and the pressure has no where to go .....with no thermal expansion tank on it....
here is a picture of a thermally expanded heater for your viewing pleasure..
as you can see , the top of the fan motor is actually cracked from the inward pressure .
of the union pipe nipples that were actually bent inwards due to THERMAL EXPANSION
we took the top off to take a better look at the actual metal and its pretty amazeing that this heater did not split and blow up....
Now Remember children, this did NOT IMPLODE.... it Thermally Expanded...
If your state or region of the USA wishes to force you install a vaccuum relief
valve on a water heater, then you better do it, no matter how stupid and absurd, or insane it totally is.....
All I am stateing is the obvious, they will leak and piss all over the place
some day.....its only a matter of when......
It would be wise to fugure out a way to install a overflow pipe to this vaccuum relief valve and into a drain....
Odds are, you are gonna be named in a law-suit for the water damages it causes someday.
I hope that your insurance comapny will pay for the huge $$ water damages is causes....
please--just cover your ass
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