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Kunkle Valves is a leading manufacturer of quality safety and Kunkle relief valve products for industrial and commercial applications, including steam, air, liquid (including cryogenics) and non-hazardous gases. Our products are available for ASME Section I, Section IV and Section VIII services with relief capacities certified by the National Board. In addition, we offer a range of non-code products and each valve, both code and non-code is set, tested, and retested to the customer's specifications and then sealed at the factory to prevent tampering. Kunkle safety and Kunkle relief valve products range in size from 1/4-inch NPT through 6-inch flange and are suitable for services ranging from cryogenic to 850°F at set pressures ranging from vacuum to 6,500 psig. The name is Temperature Pressure Relief Valve (TPR valve) or hydraulic relief valve. This safety valve releases water (and thus relieves pressure) if either the temperature or pressure in the tank gets too high. These valves are very important. Water heaters can become bombs if the pressure gets too high and these water heaters fail to work. As the water heater valves get older they sometimes begin to leak It may be if it has released small amounts of water over time this water has built up deposits in the valve that begin to interfere with it closing. Or, perhaps a particle from the tank gets stuck in the seat holding it partly open. There's a lever on the valve that lets you open it deliberately. These watt relief valve valves are cheap and there's only one problem replacing them -- sometimes they're hard to unscrew. You may need a long handled wrench with a cheater. Turn off the gas or electricity and cold water supply to the tank. You only need to drain enough water to get below the level of the water heater pressure relief valve. Don't drain a lot of water until you've broken the valve loose, so the weight of the water helps keep the heater from moving while you pull on the wrench.
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