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Oh I know, they are awesome. They should come standard, and more people should know about them. It is one of those things I try to bring up in conversations at random, because holy crap the # of people I know who have had water damage from their water heating dramatically failing is too high. Heck it happened to my family twice while I was growing up.
> the plumbed lines don’t actually help with leaks; so they do nothing that a garden hose would not accomplish.
Why not? I've seen places where with a drip pan angled towards a hole connects to a pipe that drains outside.
It should work for slow leaks. Doesn't do anything if the tank bursts of course...
Otherwise, getting to know the power of FreeBSD is awesome. Thanks for creating the blog!