Eliteconcept
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Hi all
Just bought our house in June. Since then I've found the natural gas state water heater ( 3 years old) leaks out of the pressure relief valve ONLY when one of the bath tubs is used. It does not leak any other time but when we give our daughter a bath.
There is an expansion tank installed on the water heater.
There is a hot water circulator installed near the water heater that serves the shower (separate from the tub) and sinks in that bath room. However due the pump being identified as causing excessive gas usage (nearly double normal usage) I have turned that circulator pump off and bypassed it.
I have drained and flushed the water heater.
The valve does not appear to leak when other sources of hot water (shower) are used.
What's going on here?
Just bought our house in June. Since then I've found the natural gas state water heater ( 3 years old) leaks out of the pressure relief valve ONLY when one of the bath tubs is used. It does not leak any other time but when we give our daughter a bath.
There is an expansion tank installed on the water heater.
There is a hot water circulator installed near the water heater that serves the shower (separate from the tub) and sinks in that bath room. However due the pump being identified as causing excessive gas usage (nearly double normal usage) I have turned that circulator pump off and bypassed it.
I have drained and flushed the water heater.
The valve does not appear to leak when other sources of hot water (shower) are used.
What's going on here?