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Posted by CM on January 9, 2008, 7:00 pm
RBM,
I will check them in the morning.
I just got off the phone with the home owner and she says there is a warm
spot on the vinyl covered concrete floor near her kitchen sink. I think she
may have a leaking hot water pipe under the slab. I'll check all this out in
the morning.
Thanks so much,
cm
> It would be good if you had an ammeter, which would tell you if there is
> any current flowing. I had a situation one time very similar to yours. The
> wires in the heater go from the junction box on top of the heater through
> foam insulation to the upper thermostat. One of the two wires burned in
> half imbedded in the foam insulation. Through the moisture and carbonized
> copper I got a 240 volt reading at the upper thermostat and element, but
> the element of course wouldn't heat. Barring a bad meter, I would try to
> physically check the condition of the wires inside the heater
>
>> Yup.
>>
>> cm
>>
>>
>>> Forget the thermostat. There are two terminals on the element. When you
>>> test across those two terminals, do you get 240 volts?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> RBM,
>>>>
>>>> I have 220 volts at the t-stat and the upper element. I removed the
>>>> upper element earlier today to check its condition and continuity and
>>>> it was fine.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Craig
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cm
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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