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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wopachop wrote:
Thanks everyone. How much power runs through that exterior 120v switch? While researching a month ago i remember someone saying its a relay and does not carry much current. Im just curious.
Another possibility is that the failed switch happened because of a failed relay. The relay could be shorted putting excess current through the switch/jumper.
Again, fix the original problem and the follow-on problems will fix themselves.
