LarryJM wrote:
bob213 wrote:
I believe the reasoning is that he's not cycling the switch. It's left in the on position all the time. Guess it would still have to carry the load. I don't know if turning it on and off is a factor in it's failure or just the ability to handle the load.
Well his EXACT WORDS were
the tiny rocker switch located in the WH compartment outside isn't designed to carry the required current that the water heater uses
so I don't see how one could read that any other way than I did and again I don't see how this mod did anything to help anything and in fact has reduced the overall reliability since now you have introduced a second "failure" point in addition to the orignal one irregardless of how reliable that second "failure" point might be.
I just see this mod and the way it was done as having the opposite effect of what the stated reasons for it in the first place was and would not recommend others doing it this way.
Larry
The contacts in the OEM switch fail from make/break of current.
Leaving it in ON position it just becomes a path for current.
Yes.........better way would be to eliminate the OEM switch but sometimes access etc. make that more difficult.
