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Levi Johnson Posted on Dec 06, 2014

T and p valve leaking and i replace it and pressure pushes out hot water

I replace the t&p valve and pressure pushes out hot water when the water heats up

  • Ronald Lockhart Dec 06, 2014

    Hi Levi Johnson, I want to help you with your question, but I need more information from you. Can you please add details in the comment box?
    I'm guessing this was the safety relief valve you replaced.After replacement you need to turn water back on to fill the tank (pull lever on relief valve until water flows without any air), drop lever back to normal position and it should work...pressure relief valve needs to be rated for same pressure as original.

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It sounds like it's doing it's job, by not letting your water heater turn into a missile, or exploding....The "T" in T&P stands for temperature. When it gets too high, the valve will open. The "P" in T&P stands for pressure. When IT gets too high, the valve will open. When they both get too high...you know the rest...The condition can be caused by many factors.
1. The house "pressure reducing valve" is letting in too much pressure. Any more than 80 lbs. is too much. 50 to 75 is good.
2. Hot water expansion in a closed loop system...no "prv" or "water meter" bypass...To fix, you can install a small "expansion tank" above the water heater. It will allow the extra bit of water to go somewhere temporarily, Letting the T&P valve stay closed. Installation is always on the hot outlet side, because high efficiency water heaters use a "check ball" in the factory installed cold water inlet nipple, which also doubles as a dip tube. (lets cold water into the heater at the bottom)
When a gas fired water heater turns on, there is a pretty fast spike in both temp. and press.
3. The gas control valve itself, has a non resetting 190 degree, "high limit" safety shut off feature. IF that were to fail, the control would run away temperature wise, but I have never heard of one failing.
regards!

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