Water Heater Insulation Got Wet

Add a few more steps to the process to make sure that your water heater is safely re lit.

Water heater insulation got wet.

The one thing that could be an issue depending on how wet the insulation got is if it is an electric water heater and the insulation around the element and thermostat connections got wet this could cause a slow short circuit and end up ruining an element or thermostat or both. Water heater submittal sheet low stand by losses through good insulation 80 gallon storage capacity 10 year warranty 2 5 energy factor description c weight wet 952 4 432 water connection in r3 4 npt access full source. Will it dry will it mold. Turn the gas control valve to the off position.

When fiberglass insulation gets wet water droplets displace the air in the spaces between the fine glass fibers which greatly reduces the material s thermal and acoustic. It was so wet i guess that it ran out the bottom. By water leaking from the water heater pressure relief valve insulation of the heater to get wet as water can cause elec trical malfunction. By the time i found it shut off the water it had seeped into the insulation on the interior of the casing.

Today turned water supply back on no water around tank after several hours seems like leak stopped. Direct this to a point lower than the heater. Got some water around tank yesterday insulation material dry turned off water to tank. I have a feeling i m running the risk of the heater rusting out on the bottom eventually but what is gonna happen with the insulation getting wet.

Step 1 turn off the gas supply if you didn t get a chance to turn it off before the flood. If you already used a digital multimeter to test the disconnected thermocouple for around 20mv when holding down the pilot button and a sparked lit pilot your gas pilot aluminum tube may still need disassembly and cleaning sometimes of an inner inline orifice near the flame tip to provide the sufficient heat to the thermocouple tip during normal operation of the water heater. Ge water heater model se50t12aah 50 gal 12 yr purchased 11 2006 at hd.