2007-07-17 23:50:41 · 8 answers · asked by sonicman7205 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
CowBoy has the first clues. AND certainly the mechanism for setting the TEMP is the first place to check. The analogy might be like any other thermostat,,,or even a vehicle speedometer,,,Just because it's set on a number, doesn't strictly mean it's operating at that.
Elements are just like those on an Electric Stove top, and usually the LAST place anything goes wrong, other than at the point of connection to the power source. Work the tests successively, as suggested; checking or replacing (if neccesary) those parts/elements that are faulty.
2007-07-18 01:44:20 · answer #1 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thermostat
2007-07-18 21:43:54 · answer #2 · answered by John himself 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with elements they rarely ever just go wrong they die altogether you will just switch on and nothing happens the water will not heat,thermostats are usually the first cause or sign that somethings wrong with the water heater,by the water itself it becomes very unpredictable
going from warm to hot to scalding to cool ,its a replacement job,repairing these things [if they can be repaired]is probably expensive and works out roughly the same as a new replacement in the end
2007-07-18 07:07:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your on a well did your power go off recently? cause if it did and you used water during the outage somtimes you can get an air pocket in the water heater and this will cause the water to overheat if the water heater isnt full. if you have an electric water heater be carefull if you had an outage and used water on a well, cause it will create a pocket of air and when the power comes on the water heater will start heating immediatlly with an unsufficiant amont of water and cause it to explode. Trust me it happened to me in florida during hurricane frances i was without power for 9 days........it sucked!......took a shower at my well with the plugs out of my holding tank "outside" i would suggest opening the relief valve on the side of the tank until water comes out...then you know its full.
2007-07-22 05:37:42 · answer #4 · answered by noteethontop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be thermostat problem!
2007-07-18 06:58:16 · answer #5 · answered by B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your control unit, the regulater, could be broken, set the temp and see what happens, if it does happen again I would change the control.
2007-07-18 06:54:29 · answer #6 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try turning it down
2007-07-18 10:00:32 · answer #7 · answered by ron t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B is correct.
2007-07-18 08:54:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋