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Kaleva

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6. The T & P valve should have tripped off before anything else blew apart.

Reply to jeff47 (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 5, 2014, 09:47 PM

Aug 2014

Fixtures such as faucets, toilet fill valves and shower assemblies usually can handle much higher pressures then what would cause a T & P valve to trip (30 psi).

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