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gityup
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Posted: Sun Jul 13th, 2008 07:22 pm

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Our 11 year old Bradford White Electric water heater is making clanking/knocking noises, the cold intake pipe is very hot, and we have air in all our water pipes inside and out -- is the air caused from the water heater? If so, is it our best bet to just replace it?

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Posted: Sun Jul 13th, 2008 08:51 pm

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Hello: Turn power off to the heater and see if the "air" problems go away. It could be steam that's being caused by a thermostat not shutting off the heater's element when the water is hot enough :shock:

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Posted: Mon Jul 14th, 2008 03:25 am

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And if it is steam you'll want to check your safety release valve to see why it is not opening.

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