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My water heater is leaking terribly and as its the weekend the local friendly plumber wants my kidney to do a call out. Ive turned the water mains off but I cant seem to isolate the water going into the waterheater. The large red knob by the water heater is turned as hard as it will go clockwise, but water still enters it when I turn the mains back on, Its a “Starkie quick recovery gas storage heater”

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At first I thought it was the washer, but it seems to be the water heater. Why does the water heater leak water when I wash my clothes?
its really leaking, I have to clean it up with a towel.

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I am trying to save money, so I turn my water heater, located in my garage to vacation when I am not needing it, especially at night. Why do I have hot water when I run the faucet in the morning ?

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I have a electric mobile home water heater that is leaking at fitting where the hot water connects. The connection is on the side 2 inches from the top. The connection is plastic a friend told me to put some plumber putty around the connection.

I was reading on the container of the plumbers putty and it stated not to use on plastic.

I have seen the spray foam but did not know if I could use this because of the hot water temp being 120 degrees.

Any Ideals the water heater is only a year old and I hate to replace it. The water heater was not purchaced by me so I doubt warrenty would be good.

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I need to buy a new water heater and it has to be electric. The way I am reading the requirements to be eligible for a tax credit, the electric water heater has to have an Energy Factor of 2.0 or greater. I’m not finding any electric water heaters with an Energy Factor above 0.98 though. Any specific brands and model numbers of a qualifying electric water heater will be greatly appreciated.
I appreciate the answers. Thanks for your help.

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The water heater is fine during the day, however, when I go down to the garage in the morning, the relief valve has released a large amount of water all over the floor. I know it’s the relief valve because I have placed a container below the pipe for the water to drain into. Any suggestions?
The relief valve has a pipe that is connected to direct the water that comes out from the relief valve. So I know the water heater itself is not leaking. The water is coming directly out of the relief valve at night when it get cold.

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It is time to replace it; how difficult will it be to put the new water heater in the garage which is attached to the house; but on the other side from where the current water heater is. And, does anyone recommend waterless heaters that give instant hot water?

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Does water heater btu rating include the efficiency of the heater? Is the the btu rating of the water heater, the actual amount of energy that is absorbed into the water or is that just the input and you have to added in the efficiency. In othr words if I wanted to heat up 100 gallons of water 10 degrees per hour. Do I need a heater that has an input of 8330 btu’s or do I need to find the efficiency of the heater and add that in.

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I live in an apartment building. Each unit has a very compact water heater but every morning I wake up to shower and the hot water is gone after 1-2 minutes. That means in the middle of winter the I’m stuck showering in freezing cold water. I think this is just ridiculous that the apartment management has not supplied its residents with sufficient water heaters to supply hot water in the winter season. What should I do?

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Our water heater flooded our garage. I am assuming it needs replacing. I shut off the water to the house and the pilot on the water heater, but how do I shut off the water going to the water heater? What is the typical cost to replace a water heater?

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