Mine behaves similarly. You should be able to bleed the tank from that new valve. I will give it a shot as well.
I would guess you have a supply line laying on the hot water hose from the heat exchanger. Rick Rohwer Paikea 37+ Tacoma, WA > On Oct 22, 2018, at 11:21 AM, Jim Watts via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > I'm baffled. Maybe someone here can figure this out. > A few weeks ago, I replaced the leaking overpressure/overtemperature valve on > our old Raritan water heater, and ever since, the pressure water pump acts > very oddly. It starts out sounding normal, then as the pressure builds it is > obviously working harder and slower, until finally it stops. When I open the > hot water tap, the water runs for quite a while before the pump kicks in, > whereas it used to come on almost instantaneously. In addition, when I open > the taps after motoring, the cold water tap is providing very hot water for > the first 10-15 seconds. > Yesterday I tried running the system dry then refilling the tank but it > didn't seem to help. My best guess is that there is an air bubble in the tank > somehow and the pump is compressing the air, so it takes longer to reach > pressure and then the pressure bleeds off while the tap is open. > Any bright ideas on how I might fix this? > > Jim Watts > Paradigm Shift > C&C 35 Mk III > Victoria, BC > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
