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Posted by HankC on May 14, 2007, 9:36 am
Twice in a year, my water heater's pilot light has gone out and the
drip pan overflowed. I cannot tell which causes the other.
The water is not from the heat/pressure release tube, the overflow
does not reach the pilot and there are no live leaks.
Any hints?
HankC
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on May 14, 2007, 10:11 am
> Twice in a year, my water heater's pilot light has gone out and the
> drip pan overflowed. I cannot tell which causes the other.
>
> The water is not from the heat/pressure release tube, the overflow
> does not reach the pilot and there are no live leaks.
>
> Any hints?
>
> HankC
your tank is about to fail completely, it begins leaking, puts out the
pilot light, adds water to the drip pan, then rust inside the tank
plugs the leak.
if theres anything that can be damaged by a leak replace tank
immediately
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Posted by HankC on May 14, 2007, 10:41 am
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> > Twice in a year, my water heater's pilot light has gone out and the
> > drip pan overflowed. I cannot tell which causes the other.
>
> > The water is not from the heat/pressure release tube, the overflow
> > does not reach the pilot and there are no live leaks.
>
> > Any hints?
>
> > HankC
>
> your tank is about to fail completely, it begins leaking, puts out the
> pilot light, adds water to the drip pan, then rust inside the tank
> plugs the leak.
>
> if theres anything that can be damaged by a leak replace tank
> immediately
Sounds possible, but there is no water inside the pilot chamber.
The last incident was in August and again yesterday.
HankC
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Posted by on May 14, 2007, 1:30 pm
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> > > Twice in a year, my water heater's pilot light has gone out and the
> > > drip pan overflowed. I cannot tell which causes the other.
>
> > > The water is not from the heat/pressure release tube, the overflow
> > > does not reach the pilot and there are no live leaks.
>
> > > Any hints?
>
> > > HankC
>
> > your tank is about to fail completely, it begins leaking, puts out the
> > pilot light, adds water to the drip pan, then rust inside the tank
> > plugs the leak.
>
> > if theres anything that can be damaged by a leak replace tank
> > immediately
>
> Sounds possible, but there is no water inside the pilot chamber.
>
> The last incident was in August and again yesterday.
>
> HankC
Okay. I'll bite. Now, tell us the history, and water quality/heater
longevity in your area.
J
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on May 14, 2007, 1:45 pm
On May 14, 1:30?pm, b...@sme-online.com wrote:
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> > > > Twice in a year, my water heater's pilot light has gone out and the
> > > > drip pan overflowed. I cannot tell which causes the other.
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> > > > The water is not from the heat/pressure release tube, the overflow
> > > > does not reach the pilot and there are no live leaks.
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> > > > Any hints?
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> > > > HankC
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> > > your tank is about to fail completely, it begins leaking, puts out the
> > > pilot light, adds water to the drip pan, then rust inside the tank
> > > plugs the leak.
>
> > > if theres anything that can be damaged by a leak replace tank
> > > immediately
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> > Sounds possible, but there is no water inside the pilot chamber.
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> > The last incident was in August and again yesterday.
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> > HankC
>
> Okay. I'll bite. Now, tell us the history, and water quality/heater
> longevity in your area.
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> J- Hide quoted text -
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water leak can occur in flue area, its a tube that runs inside the
tank from burner to chimney flue connection.
I had one of those unexplained outage tanks, pilot out a little water
on floor.
it finally burst one night water sprayed out the top of the flue pipe
area.
only takes little water to put out a pilot, the heat then dries up
the water.
tanks are realtively cheap long life items.
if average life is 10 years cost say 500 bucks installed 50 bucks a
year, about a cheap candy bar a week.
if you run out of hot water buy a larger higher BTU tank. my 50 gallon
75K btu one almost never runs out, my 40 gallon 34,000 btu did by the
end of every shower.......
better tank costs a little more but its mnoney well spent
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