After writing a blog post about leaking temperature and pressure relief (TPR) valves at water heaters, I learned that this particular issue seems to completely befuddle folks. In the two years that I ...

Q: I read your column on draining a water heater and it worked great. However, as I went to turn off the plastic drain faucet, it continued to drip. Is there a washer or something I can replace, or ...

Question: Our hot-water heater safety-pressure valve runs all the time and drains all the water out of the tank. Why? Answer: All water heaters have a valve to control temperature and pressure that is ...

Q: We have a Weil-McLain water tank operating as a third zone on our boiler. It is located next to the boiler in the usual small room in the lower level of our raised ranch. Recently, we went ...

Pressure relief valves (PRVs) are a critical line of defense for pressure vessel protection in the power industry. Generating facilities worldwide depend upon these devices to sense and quickly ...

H5600A pressure relief valves in 1/2- by 3/4-in. sizes, are now available with 400-psig pressure settings. Matching rupture disc assemblies, also with 400-psig pressure settings, are available to ...

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — If you’re wondering what that strange ‘hissing’ sound is in Spokane Valley, you aren’t alone. The sound is coming from a natural gas line pressure relief valve in a field near ...

In 1905, a boiler in a Boston shoe factory blew up, traveled a great distance through the air, and landed, with delightful justice, in the front yard of the operating engineer’s house. Think it got ...

A crude-oil spill from a railcar at a terminal near the Port of Albany last month was caused by an emergency relief valve opening earlier than it should have, according to the results of a preliminary ...