Water heater, electric heater not working
Boy I hope this is the last snafu with our new trailer. The electric side of the water heater does not work. Anything to check besides a new element? It's a suburban sw6de I think is the model. P...
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westend wrote:acritzer wrote:BB_TX wrote:
Various problems found by others when WH not working on electric include:
- bad heating element
- bad thermostat
- bad hi temp cutout switch
- bad on/off switch
- loose neutral wire connection in junction box on back of WH
- bad/loose wire connections else where in circuit
- tripped breaker
With a voltmeter and the schematic shown above you should be able to isolate the problem if you are comfortable troubleshooting 120 vac electric.
I'm not particularly comfortable trouble shooting electrical systems and don't eeven have a voltmeter. So, for $15 and what I think is the most likely problem I plan to replace the element today. Hopefully that's the issue.
Hopefully, that's the issue. While you are buying the element, pick up a non-contact voltage light. They are a small plastic probe affair that indicates if voltage is present with a light.
You missed my update. It's all fixed. New heating element did the trick.
