Hot Water Heater Relief Valve Pipe

Most residential water heaters have a 3 4 threaded opening for the discharge pipe.

Hot water heater relief valve pipe. Place a bucket under the discharge pipe connected to the valve to collect any water and open the t p valve. The relief valve on your water heater has a pipe attached. By code you have to run the same size as the opening which means the pipe needs to be 3 4 in diameter. This valve allows water or steam to escape from the water heater if the temperature or pressure gets.

When no water exits the discharge pipe from the t p valve close the drain valve and remove the garden hose. Open the drain valve on the water heater then open the hot water tap at a nearby sink to release the vacuum on the tank. You may have an issues with the hot water coming out of overflow pipe. If the water heater thermostat fails to turn off at its temperature setting and continues to heat the water indefinitely the tpr valve will open and let the overheated water out.

In most of the disasters caused by hot water heater pipe leaking from the top the trp valve is involved. The pipe itself needs to be either copper cpvc or galvanized water piping. The valve should be connected to a discharge pipe also called a drain line that runs down the length of the water heater tank. This temperature pressure relief valve is not directly attach with the hot water pressure heater.

Water heaters come equipped with a temperature and pressure relief valve also known as a tprv.