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rbp111
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Feb 16, 2020

problem with electric water heater-Fixed but new problem

I have a Suburban 12gal electric water heater which about 5 years old. It recently started to give me problems in that the heater warms the water, but it does not get hot. I have tried everything, ch...
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fj12ryder
Explorer III
Feb 16, 2020
BB_TX wrote:
Heating elements are normally either good or they are bad. Can’t think of a way one could partially fail. They are basically a specialized resistor.

If you don’t have a valve problem allowing mixing of hot and cold, then I would question the thermostat/hi temp cutout.
They don't always fail completely, I've had one that would do the same as the OP's: it would just warm the water, it never got hot.

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