Electrical smell from water heater
Getting a weird smell of hot electrical. This first happened months ago so i stopped using the 120v element. On propane it works great. Finally tested the heating element and it had the same resis...
Forum Discussion
Slow heating with a normal resistance element means there is resistance somewhere else in series. As mentioned above, a bad switch switch would do that. So would a poor connection anywhere between the power source and element (i.e. thermostat or overprotection device). If you try running it again, search for something hot. Alternatively, ohm out all of the connections with power disconnected.
