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Originally Posted by Teutonics
Spot on... our "lifetime warranty" top-of-the-line water heater just "let go" last week after a whole seven years and two months. Junk. It replaced the original WH which lasted all of 9 years.
It's replaced, but now I'm researching preventative measures to keep the water out of our living room the next time it happens. 
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Put a pan underneath the heater with a water activated pump to a drain. You have 40-50 gals in the tank + what is in the lines to drain out if you have a failure.