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Posted by Dr. Hardcrab on January 9, 2008, 6:22 pm
> I'm not trying to beat on you either, but the first part of a repair is to
> determine what's broken. As the others have said, you need to verify 240
> volts across the two upper element terminals. My guess is that you've got
> a dead leg feeding the heater, which may have been the original problem.
> If you do have 240 volts across the upper element, it'll heat or you have
> a bad element, which is unlikely
You explained better than I did.
I've seen many techs take out their meters and check one termimal to ground
("Hmmmm....120....that's good...") and then check the other and get the same
thing and think everything is hunky dorey (What exactly *IS* a dorey and how
did it get so hunky?)
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>> OK folks I have repaired many electric water heaters in my 18 years as a
>> handyman and have never ran into one that I couldn't fix. The best part
>> is I am doing this for free for a friend that is out of work.
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>> First I replaced both elements and upper/lower thermostats and flushed
>> the water heater because it would not make hot water. It still didn't
>> heat the water. I went back over today and changed them all out again and
>> it still doesn't work. Yes it has power to it , right up to the top
>> element. What am I missing?
>>
>> Thanks
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>> cm
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