Water Heater Burst

bluesdog · Mar 28, 2013

Noticed a puddle on the floor of my cabin, and it wasn't because the dog had tipped his water bowl.

Really wanted to work on the feej this weekend, and now I'm gonna have to fit a new water heater.

Crap!

Mihalis fjr · Mar 28, 2013

Exactly the same happened and to me the last week..

Falko · Mar 28, 2013

Sorry to hear, WH's are never thought about until....

But when I first read this thread title, my first thought was, "Why did one of these guys install a water heater on his FJR??" my bad...

mavrik · Mar 28, 2013

eh...that sucks...but they don't take long to put in, you'll be working on the fjrrrrrrrrrr before you know it

BkerChuck · Mar 28, 2013

Just went through that last year on Super Bowl weekend.

Powerman · Mar 28, 2013

I'm changing mine this weekend, damn things leaking on my new furnace.

bluesdog · Mar 29, 2013

Removed the leaky old water heater, and installed the shiny new one. Currently doing some laundry.

I got a good deal on a 40 gallon Canadian made one with an 8 year warranty. Used those snap-in sharkbite connectors and plastic pipe -- much faster than soldering.

Tomorrow I'll wrestle the old one off the lawn and into the shed for disposal later

Then I'm wrenching on the fjr for the rest ot the day, 'cause I wanna insure it by next weekend!

Bounce · Mar 29, 2013

Those shark bite connectors and PVC pipe on the hot water side can expand differently and cause problems. Check your code and check to see if there's a reason why everyone solders their connections. I've heard it happening before.

SoCalFJR1300 · Mar 31, 2013

May as well just change them every 15 years or so.

bluesdog · Mar 31, 2013

Bounce said:
Those shark bite connectors and PVC pipe on the hot water side can expand differently and cause problems. Check your code and check to see if there's a reason why everyone solders their connections. I've heard it happening before.

Thanks, (or should that be 'Tanks'?), Bounce.

Used 'em before, and had 0 problems. I think if you turn your tank temp up too high, and/or have excessive pressure, there may be leaks. I have neither.

Also, out here in the boonies we don' need no steenking code!

kamal · Apr 1, 2013

Any excuse to put off doing your forks!

Went to a tankless, on-demand system three years ago - I'm lovin' it.

Al.

yamafitter · Apr 1, 2013

I'm currently shopping for a new AC system since the old central air system stopped cooling last summer. My rather tiny townhouse uses the hot water heater as a heat source for heating the house and circulates hot water through an A coil when heat is demanded. It is the first time I've seen this system when I bought the place 17 years ago but now may be the time to toss everything out and go with the current technology.

I think I'll install a hepa filter system also so I can reduce the size of the dust rabbits around here back to the size of dust bunnies.

bluesdog · Apr 4, 2013

kamal said:
Any excuse to put off doing your forks!

Went to a tankless, on-demand system three years ago - I'm lovin' it.

Al.

Got the modified 'cups' back from my machinist friend today, and assembled & installed the forks c/w AK-20 kit this evening.

She's back on her feet at last! Just gotta put the tupperware on.

While I considered a tankless, on-demand system, having enjoyed using 'em while living in Japan years back, I couldn't find many that didn't use propane or natural gas, and professional installation.

I plan on some renovations** this year, which may include a solar collector for summer hot water.

** as long as they don't cut into my riding time..

Bustanut joker · Apr 4, 2013

Damn.. Here I tuned in to read about the mayhem caused by a defective T&P valve... And it just took a piss on the floor.

Powerman · Apr 4, 2013

While not as exciting as a full blown over pressure event, I still managed to shoot some water.

Gravity draining proved too slow so I put an air nozzle in the inlet. The tastefully applied electrical tape shot off and

Powerman · Apr 4, 2013

While not as exciting as a full blown over pressure event, I still managed to shoot some water. Gravity draining proved too slow so I put an air nozzle in the inlet. The tastefully applied electrical tape shot off and made a 100 psi geyser of air and water into the enclosed space in which I was trapped. So I went up to the garage and found the correct threaded fittings.

Can't fix stupid.

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