The pipe must be able to withstand very hot water which plastic pipe will not. If the valve opens, it is because the water has reached over 180 degrees. It must be routed outside, not just into a drip pan the heater may be sitting in.
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, waspangle <waspangle@...> wrote:
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> I notice that all the water heaters around here, Phoenix, have the temperature/pressure relief valves connected with rigid copper. Is it against code and/or common sense to use a flex connecter on these?
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> Thanks...Wayne
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