Pretty sure this deserves a write up, thoughts?
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Yes!! And tell us why…
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Vinyl tubing can’t handle the temp and those clamps will probably fail with the pressure as well
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Good job but that’s not all!
You are right about the vinyl. But there will not be much pressure actually, as long as the pipe is open at the end.
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It’s also in the laundry room and there is a bunch of laundry baskets less than a foot from the front of the heater.
I saw that and edited my post.
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Keep in mind the reduction of size in the discharge piping… 
But it does have four elbow, that I can see anyway, so that is also an issue
I don’t worry much about elbows (within reason), as long as there is no place for water to pool.
That said, we don’t have many with elbows in my area, as the water heater is almost always in the basement near a floor drain, so the pipe just goes straight down and stops near the floor.
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I measured the diameter of both copper pipes and they are the same
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It’s a home built in the 70s in Southern California
The discharge piping has to be the same diameter of the TPR valve outlet. Simply put, if the TPR has a half inch connector for the drain piping, the drain piping has to be a half inch through termination.
So the valve is measuring at 4”, and the copper piping is at 2 3/4”. The manual for the heater calls for a minimum 3/4” inner diameter copper pipe….
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Do you have something to add? What were you trying to say with those gifs?
That’s a 3/4” male NPT adapter. Look it up……it’s correct dumb ass!
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There is literally no reason for name calling.
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