Hi everyone - would appreciate any info/guidance you could provide on this. We have lived at our house for ~2 years, and our hot water heater is 20+ years old. I awoke this am to dripping sounds coming from my water heater. I've shut the (gas) tank off and closed the (red) hot water output valve. The leak is coming from the end of the thin copper coil, that is attached to the cold water intake...and goes nowhere (it is simply pinched at the end). The leak had been a steady drip with the system on, and has slowed considerably since turning it off.
Questions: 1) What is the purpose of this thin coil at the cold water intake?; 2) Any suggestions on what might be the cause, and how serious this is?
Thanks in advance!!!
Questions: 1) What is the purpose of this thin coil at the cold water intake?; 2) Any suggestions on what might be the cause, and how serious this is?
Thanks in advance!!!