Good news: The water heater is working
Bad news: The water heater is working
this post was submitted on 27 May 2026
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Never mind.
That's not a "take a picture" moment.
Yeah, imma go turn off the main breaker in the panel and just gtfo and go sit in my car down the street while I calm the fuck down for an hour. Lol fuck that. Gat damn electrified gas line what the fuck.
Holy shit thats a gas line? I thought it was some wild water pipe or something. Yeah thats a GTFO now moment for sure.
That piece of gas flex has become the only neutral current path for the electrical service to the house. This occurs when the electrical service's neutral conductor fails, and there is no good bonding of the gas service at it's entrance point, and the water service to the building is plastic.
This makes total sense but how does this not go boom? No oxygen in the gas line?
Exactly that.
So you're saying you should poke a hole in the line?
That would just make a jet fire. Which may eventually result in the catastrophic failure of the pipe but if you really want to see a house jump cut a slot. Much more area for gases to mix. It's only 1psi probably so a hole may not be enough.
Autoignition temperature of natural gas is above 500c. Need a spark, or enough heat, there could even be a leak and this not be enough heat to ignite.
I’m pretty sure if it’s red hot it’s close to if not over 500°C but I guess it depends on the metal.
At least according to this Wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_heat
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So electrician/plumber/HVAC/gas co/exorcist? What are we looking at here?
Code requires bonding for all Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing installations, but these "appliance connectors" get an exception for some reason.
So s8nce you seem to know what you are talking about how can this be fixed? A good ground rod by the gas meter?
How the hell is that pipe holding up the pressure
Residential natural gas is like 1 psi.
Have you tried splashing some water on it?
Well that is ... sub-optimal.
I'd recommend turning off the power before someone goes from blue to well done
Just preheating the gas a bit, it’s for better thermodynamics.
It's concerning that there's more than 1 image of this happening
It’s common, this picture essentially explains why building codes exist, and why you don’t hire the cheapest contractor, since they probably aren’t licensed.
I would have taken one and run out.
I’m wondering if we’re at a safe distance?
Oh hell yeah, you guys got the Gamer Tank™ with RGB lighting!
Well r at least
Spicy rope
Forbidden red vines
Do you mean to tell me that this is not also a lamp?
Back when I was married, I would not have been surprised if my water heater line looked like this when my (now ex-) wife took showers. That woman would take insanely hot showers. 😅
As an aside, she also had an insane sense of smell too.
Come to think of it, maybe she is an X-Men mutant.
Which means my kids are going to be X-Men.
Oh boy.
isn't that a gas line?
Not for long.
I disagree. It's a solid line in the image, but it's making its way toward liquid and gas rapidly.
Wow same with mine! Super long, super hot. She would do the same with our kids and get annoyed that we couldnt all bathe (excluding me since im a morning shower person) and have enough hot water for everyone. Hmmm i wonder why... explaining this was just met with eye rolls and that it shouldnt be that way. I just made the plunge for divorce as well so I just keep thinking of all the things that will be normal again. This, plus not needing 30 packs of toilet paper every month alone will probably save me a fortune and thats just the tip of the ice burg.
I wish you the best! Everybody’s journey is different.
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Nope Hose
Early example of a Cyberpunk water heater
Lick it. See if it tastes like strawberry. /s Please don't actually do it. :D
Vaporwave water heater.
I'm sure it's fine don't worry about it.
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