leak from p/r valve

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      Avatar photoMasterPlumbers
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        my p/r valve was leaking hot water , so then i shut off the water supply only and it stopped. which suggest to me that the valve opened due to a pressure problem not a temperature one??? so if the water pressure didn’t change in my town , could it just be a bad valve due to deposit build up? because i never tested or flushed the valve since i bought the tank 5 years ago.

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        Avatar photoRetired plbg1
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          When your heater heats up the water expans and sometimes it is greater and has to releive some where.

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