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Posted by on June 11, 2008, 12:36 pm
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> > > > =EF=BF=BDI have been told that very few water heaters just burst, us=
ually there
> > > >are signs that the end is near. What might some of these be??
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> > > A puddle
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> > > Signs of a leak or heavy corrosion at the point where the pipe is
> > > connected at the middle of the top of the unit.
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> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD Is this the main point of failure. I was sorta assum=
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> can fail anywhere, but most often where openings are in tank, water
> entrance exit etc.
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> my one tank sprung a leak in the flue, water sprayed out of the top..- Hid=
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Most don't "burst" suddenly, but I've seen cases where they started
leaking very substantially with no warning. I had one go here about
6 years ago. I woke up in the middle of the night and heard and odd
buzzing. Turns out, it was the sound of water flowing through the
cold water pipes and out the water heater, like the sound you might
hear sometimes from a partially open water faucet.
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