RE: My Water Heater Burst Open (help)
February 17, 2022 at 9:16 am
(This post was last modified: February 17, 2022 at 9:21 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(February 17, 2022 at 7:05 am)Goosebump Wrote: STOP BEING THE SCARE POLICE.
A hot water tank that is leaking has no electrical worry. Your fine. Unless there is a live line downed in water in your basement near the leaking there is nothing to worry about.
The heating elements in the tank aren't exposed to the water, that would be silly. The tank is heated and then the water indirectly. There is very little electrification worry from a hot water tank failing. The real issue is it exploding out of the top of your house. But seeing as it can't hold water, your in the clear. The chances of your being electrocuted by a hot water tank are less than it exploding through your roof. In fact the vast majority of heated water tanks fail in a similar manner. Leaking water in a way that doesn't jepardise any electrical equipment with them what so ever.
Ignore the worry, trust the science. Your fine.
‘You’re’.
And I dunno what kind of water heaters you’re familiar with, but every one I’ve ever seen has the heating elements directly in contact with the water.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
