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If you turn the water off there won’t be anything for the heater to heat and it may continue running. At best you’ll burn out the heating element. At worse it could start a fire. Why take the risk? Turn every thing off.
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by shutting off the water and leaving the pilot and burner on it can cause an over pressure in the tank and could cause it to rupture. Pop-off valves are cheap and easy to install. go to Home Depot or Lowes buy one and install it.
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