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: 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 ...

Q: My water heater leaks from some type of a brass valve on the side of the tank near the top. There is a pipe that comes out of the valve at a right angle that looks like it goes through the wall.

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 ...

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 ...

One person has been taken to the hospital after a forklift hit a pressure relief valve at a manufacturing company in Sacramento, causing a chemical leak early Tuesday morning.

A valve in Super Hornets and Growlers has been found to freeze and disrupt air flow. (MC2 Anthony Flynn/Navy) The Navy has identified a valve that may be causing problematic pressure changes in ...

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 ...