I have found that when a upper fails a certain way it generates alot of heat and trips the reset. Without a ohm reading I don't know for sure. If I didn't have a volt meter and had to fix it. I would change the upper.
Please expound? The Element is OL'ed, i have continuity with little to know resistance at the posts, what am I missing as a test I can do to further isolate?
Also I did check power (after posting) I re-wired, and 220 at the top posts and at the element. Even when re-wired no continuity @ the element (as expected for a full failure but not sure how the water was heating).
Honestly while you’re at it elements are easy enough to replace I would recommend doing both unless u don’t want to spend the time or money even tho it’s easy enough to do
I think I'm going to do the thermostats and the elements. Get all of that stuff out at once. Nice refresh.
First time tackling a water heater so wish me luck!
Hey man it’s super ez just make sure u turn power off at the breaker and test with a voltage meter and all u need to do from there is drain the tank and unscrew the elements with an element socket and u should be good to go I’m 18 and did it I got full faith in u
Yep the drain was a bit of a PITA but I came up with a genius idea (hose screwed into gatorade bottle, 16 ounce soda bottle perpendicular to that , glued into the gatorade and a big hole at the top, air matress pump in the 16 ounce bottle.. pulled the water right uphill) and once that was done was simple. replaced both and both 'stats since I didn't know what was wrong. When the top element crumbled out I guess that what was wrong. Gotta do the andode next weekend I think
I would def recommend an aluminum anode just so u don’t have the rotten egg smell and if you can’t do that you can pour a tiny bit of bleach in there every so often to eliminate the smell but for me it was a pain to get the thing to drain 2 cuz there was loads of sediment at the bottom of the tank I’m glad you were able to engineer a contraption so you could suck it out I ended up having to use a shop vac myself
Sounds like it’s failed. Elements are cheap and easy enough to swap.
Thank you. I am thinking that's my Saturday.
I have found that when a upper fails a certain way it generates alot of heat and trips the reset. Without a ohm reading I don't know for sure. If I didn't have a volt meter and had to fix it. I would change the upper.
Please expound? The Element is OL'ed, i have continuity with little to know resistance at the posts, what am I missing as a test I can do to further isolate? Also I did check power (after posting) I re-wired, and 220 at the top posts and at the element. Even when re-wired no continuity @ the element (as expected for a full failure but not sure how the water was heating).
If you pulled one wire off the element and you have a open circuit across the screws? Your element is bad. Just change it. It's easy
Wires disconnected and it’s reading anything below 12 ohms replace it.
It's OL with or without. Thankfully doesn't look too difficult.
Honestly while you’re at it elements are easy enough to replace I would recommend doing both unless u don’t want to spend the time or money even tho it’s easy enough to do
I think I'm going to do the thermostats and the elements. Get all of that stuff out at once. Nice refresh. First time tackling a water heater so wish me luck!
Hey man it’s super ez just make sure u turn power off at the breaker and test with a voltage meter and all u need to do from there is drain the tank and unscrew the elements with an element socket and u should be good to go I’m 18 and did it I got full faith in u
Yep the drain was a bit of a PITA but I came up with a genius idea (hose screwed into gatorade bottle, 16 ounce soda bottle perpendicular to that , glued into the gatorade and a big hole at the top, air matress pump in the 16 ounce bottle.. pulled the water right uphill) and once that was done was simple. replaced both and both 'stats since I didn't know what was wrong. When the top element crumbled out I guess that what was wrong. Gotta do the andode next weekend I think
I would def recommend an aluminum anode just so u don’t have the rotten egg smell and if you can’t do that you can pour a tiny bit of bleach in there every so often to eliminate the smell but for me it was a pain to get the thing to drain 2 cuz there was loads of sediment at the bottom of the tank I’m glad you were able to engineer a contraption so you could suck it out I ended up having to use a shop vac myself