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    royboy0349 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    May 1, 2012, 01:11 PM
    My hot water tank is back pressuring into my cold water tank
    Can anybody help me?? I am getting hot water going into my cold water tank, and this is causing water to come out the overflow. If I run the hot water tap it stops, and then when the hot water tank has filled again, the cold water tank overflow starts again.
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    May 1, 2012, 05:32 PM
    Not sure exactly what you setup is, but it sounds like you need a check valve between the hot and cold water tank with a thermal expansion tank between the hot water feed and the check valve.

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