JenniferJ
New Member
Hello,
My husband and I installed a new Whirlpool 38 gallon electric water heater yesterday. Everything went great, we got everything connected, but then we noticed just a slight, slow leak at the hot and cold water nipples. My husband tightened them up a little more and that fixed the problem. As far as I can tell, there are no leaks around the hot water outlet. But now I'm noticing a little bit of water in the insulation around the cold water inlet if I dab a paper towel into the insulation (attached is a photo with an arrow showing exactly where the wetness is).
I thought it was possible that the insulation had just absorbed a bit of water from when the cold water nipple was leaking, but I tried soaking up all I could last night with a paper towel. I just went back again this morning and there is, again, just a tad bit of water.
Any ideas as to what could be leaking and what would the next step be to remedy the situation. Thanks in advance for the input.
My husband and I installed a new Whirlpool 38 gallon electric water heater yesterday. Everything went great, we got everything connected, but then we noticed just a slight, slow leak at the hot and cold water nipples. My husband tightened them up a little more and that fixed the problem. As far as I can tell, there are no leaks around the hot water outlet. But now I'm noticing a little bit of water in the insulation around the cold water inlet if I dab a paper towel into the insulation (attached is a photo with an arrow showing exactly where the wetness is).
I thought it was possible that the insulation had just absorbed a bit of water from when the cold water nipple was leaking, but I tried soaking up all I could last night with a paper towel. I just went back again this morning and there is, again, just a tad bit of water.
Any ideas as to what could be leaking and what would the next step be to remedy the situation. Thanks in advance for the input.