RE: Water Heater question

["Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>]

> I had a fairly old (10 year or so) water heater that would drip if the
> temperature was turned all the way up. Turning it down a bit made it
> quit.

I suppose it's a question of semantics, but personally, I would call that a
defective TP valve.  Unless of course "all the way up" was over 200F.  I just
checked, the valve on my hot water heater is rated to open at 150 psi or 210F.

Randall