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Aesop1
Explorer
Oct 15, 2023

2005 Safari Simba Hot Water heater 120 volt Electric

https://imgur.com/a/lx6WYkcHello, Recently got a new-to-me 2005 Safari Simba Motorhome 30 ft with the vortec 8100. The hot water heater works fine on propane, however on the electric hot water h...
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StarkNaked
Explorer II
Oct 16, 2023
An electric water heater element should be on a dedicated 110V breaker.

An electric water heater element should be hard wired directly from the breaker to the junction box on the water heater.

Here's how you described your wiring: "there is an electrical cord that is plugged into the outlet where the water heater tank is located. we tested that the electrical outlet works by plugging a phone charger into it".

This is NOT how a water heater element should be wired.

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