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When a water heater backdrafts, it's a safety hazard. Homeowners usually don't know they have a problem because a backdrafting water heater will almost never set off a carbon monoxide alarm. A water ...

Most people have a hot water tank in their homes, but if it’s gas-fired, you could develop a danger you may not notice until ...

If a water heater backdrafts, it means that potentially hazardous exhaust gases are coming back into the home. Last week I blogged about how to determine if a water heater is backdrafting; that's the ...

Question: Our water heater’s safety pressure valve runs all the time and drains water out of the tank. Why? Answer: Water heaters have a temperature-and pressure-relief valve designed to prevent the ...

If you don't take care of them, water heaters can become a bit of a nuisance, taking a little too long to heat up water. What ...

The Rheem Performance Platinum ProTerra XE50T10HM00U0 is part of the Water Heaters test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Heat Pump Water Heaters models like the Performance Platinum ...