the day that we were leaving for Fla last year I went downstairs to get a shirt and saw water on the floor. at first I thought it was the condensate pump or tube, but it turned out that the water heater baffle rusted loose and ruptured the tank.
we have two inline so I just valved it off and we left - after I turned the main to the house off.
Course, as soon as we landed back in MN, I had to catch a plane to portland. My dad went over and replumbed the tanks and got it running for the admiral..
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