Any suggestions for two 50-gallon water heaters, leaking, in series?
Both were installed no later than 2004 (based on the serial plate date), and both are 50 gallons, propane fired water heaters.
Yesterday, I found water on the floor, but couldn't tell which one was the leaker, even though I tapped the sides of both and tried to tip them by hand.
On a 50:50 guess, I assumed the left-most heater (closest to the inside of the house) was the one leaking, as I didn't see anything suspicious coming out of the copper pipes leading into and out of the water heaters hooked in series.
Lacking spare parts at the moment, I simply bypassed the second heater, in favor of the first (closest to the well), and, the water on the floor seems to be drying up appreciably.
Is there any decent way to "diagnose" a leaking water heater to "repair" it, or, is it always a dumb-but-simple plug-and-play replacement?
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