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[#2] Posted: 05/09/2011 - 6:41:29 PM |  |  |
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Hi Richard,
I've actually run into that several hundred times over the years. Was there a valve with a pipe ending near the floor on the tank? I usually find that those ones that are mounted high are 125psi valves vs. the typical 150psi valve that's also mounted on the side of the tank. I think it is someone's way of getting away without a pipe that goes directly outside from the higher-rated TPR with the idea being that the 125psi valve will open long before the one on the tank would be needed.
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[#3] Posted: 05/09/2011 - 6:52:20 PM | | |
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Nope, just the one valve. I dug out a photo of the other unit I did. Same thing. Notice the same oversize(?) TX-tank in both cases. No installer stickers, so I'm guessing the 2003 "renovator" stuck these all in at the same time.
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[#4] Posted: 05/10/2011 - 12:04:16 AM | | |
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Yep, wrong is wrong.
No way that is even close to the intent or the letter of the law. There is a reason that it is a TEMPERATURE / pressure relief valve.
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[#5] Posted: 05/10/2011 - 05:24:42 AM | | |
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Funny, down here in the piney woods the TPR is usually pre-installed on the WH unit, with only the discharge installed by the "installer".
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[#6] Posted: 05/11/2011 - 05:52:20 AM | | |
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At least it was on the hot water side of the water heater, had one last week that was on the cold water side!
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[#7] Posted: 05/11/2011 - 2:41:58 PM | | |
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too funny for words...
"...my bro-in-law was a plumber's helper."
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[#8] Posted: 05/11/2011 - 11:17:56 PM | | |
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I have heard, but not confirmed for every manufacturer, that electric water heaters have built in cutoffs for temp and pressure. That said, code is indeed code, there is no exclusion for electric WH. Those pressure relief valves on both units are NOT TPR valves, they are pressure relief valves only, and if the plumber who installed them thought they were in compliance with code for TPRs, he was wrong.
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[#9] Posted: 06/16/2011 - 4:25:11 PM | | |
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Oh those are just special,Im glad im retired! 
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