help my husband has changed the elements, the thremostats and still nothing he says there is power going to it but still no hot water and he has also drained the tank..... please need help.....
2007-01-23 14:12:59 · 6 answers · asked by giggles3625 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Hi giggles3625. Do you have a volt/ohm meter? You will need one to properly diagnose your problem. I hope that you didn't turn your water heater on while it was drained, if you did your new elements may have burned up. I am assuming that you live in the states and your water heater is 230/240 volt. Start looking at the simplest things first, breakers, a disconnect with fuses inside of it, and then verify operating voltage where the wiring terminates on the water heater.!!! Be alert and aware that this voltage will at least knock you on your but and likely even worse!!!. Then you need to check for voltage at one or both of your elements with the heater on. You should have 120 volt from each terminal to ground, and 220-240 volts from terminal to terminal.If you still don't have voltage you should be looking towards the thermostat/aquastat or thermal cutout. If you do have operating voltage you need to turn off the water heater, disconnect the elements and check them for continuity. No continuity and your element is bad. Good luck.
2007-01-23 15:00:20 · answer #1 · answered by greg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is 220v male sure you have power on both 110 lines(220v)
If 110v make sure the common is connected (will still show power but circuit is uncompleted).
If these are still good then disconnect power and check for resistance to See it there is continuity through circuitry for water heater. If ohm meter reads 0 then there may be a bad wire,or just a bad replacement element. he can follow the circuit testing readings to find the break in the circuit but he must first eliminate any possibility of improper power supply.
2007-01-23 22:51:20 · answer #2 · answered by frozenbrew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a multi meter, make sure you have 120 volts on each wire. Touch one lead to a wire and the other to the side of the tank. Do the same with the other. 120 Each would make 240 volts total. If you don't have that, you have a bad leg on your breaker and it needs to be replaced.
If you do have 240, make sure that the thermostats are wired correctly, and if the top one has a reset button, press it in.
It is possible to buy a bad thermostat. If one element is bad that shouldn't stop it from heating.
Check volts, then wiring, then if nothing, another thermostat.
Good luck.
2007-01-23 23:08:05 · answer #3 · answered by launrider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume it is an electric water heater. The reference to elements seems to imply this.
As a landlord, I usually don't repair an electric water heater. I just replace it.
Because of the electrical nature of the unit, there are chemical reactions that cause it to fail quicker than an gas unit. Gas units have gone up so much though, that people are changing to electric.
I didn't help much, sorry, but just replace the unit. In the long run, it is easier and better. You can get a larger unit incase you use up too much hot water in your family.
Good Luck.
2007-01-23 22:22:51 · answer #4 · answered by A_Kansan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to actually trouble shoot the circuit. Somewhere along the line the current is not getting to the heating elements. A qualified tech can do it hot but I do not recommend it to the average homeowner. Mistakes with electricity can be deadly.
2007-01-23 22:22:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe that gas thing that is usually in the garage (it looks like a big and like a missile or something) has a leak make sure there's no water pooring out of that......... if not i'm pretty sure your problem has to do with that thing in the garage
2007-01-23 22:22:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋