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...
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schlep1967 wrote:wopachop wrote:
(side note the switch broke, so i jumpered it, thats when this smell first happened months ago)
I think you answered your own question.
Properly replace the broken switch.
schlep1967 beat me to it. This sentence tells you exactly what and where the problem is. I would be willing to bet that either your jumper wire is too small or has a bad connection. That creates a high resistance connection that causes exactly the problems you are seeing. It also heats up, causing the smell you are smelling.
