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Hot Water Tank Failing Again

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  • hotwaterwoes
    hotwaterwoes Member Posts: 23
    edited May 27

    I couldn't think of its proper term, 1 way valve perhaps.

    In other words this prevents my system from pushing against the county water supply or something like that. This is one reason to have a thermal expansion tank.

    My daughters, now grown, certainly had large push back valves, lol.

  • hotwaterwoes
    hotwaterwoes Member Posts: 23

    Ha, yeah certainly had that some years back with 2 daughters.

    I couldn't think of the proper term, 1 way valve maybe. Prevents my system from back pushing on the county system if that makes sense.

    Mike

  • Larry Weingarten
    Larry Weingarten Member Posts: 3,579

    Hi, Might it be " backflow preventer" ? 🤔 Pressure regulator and check valve are two other devices that do similar things. Anyway, as long as the tank is not seeing serious pressure fluctuations, it's good 👍

    Yours, Larry

  • hotwaterwoes
    hotwaterwoes Member Posts: 23

    Larry,

    Thats it, backflow preventer, got a check valve and a pressure regulator at the incoming point. So pressure is steady at 55 psi or so.

    Again, thanks for all the help here.

    Mike

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