Water heater 101?
I think I just repaired my water heater, but have a question. It was dead- wouldn't work on gas or electric. So, I did some troubleshooting and found that the electric element was bad. I replaced i...
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az350x wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
Wife turned the wrong switch ON (gas) and it lit......BUT it went out or you had wife turn it off BUT it won't relight......Correct????
Do you have 2 switches on panel where light is?
Just one switch?
Is there another switch in outside compartment??
Which Brand WH......Suburban or Atwood??
The electric and gas are two separate heating sources......turned ON & OFF by separate switches.
Just a guess.....you have a Suburban with an ON/OFF switch in outside compartment that is ON and electric element burnt out due to WH tank being drained and RV was plugged into AC power source.
No indication of electric working, being ON except for hot water when AC power is available.
Suburban. So yes, I guess I understand now that switch inside kitchen with light next to it is gas switch. Outside, on the heater itself is a black rocker switch that I guess is just for turning element on/off.
Correct..Suburban electric ON/OFF switch is in outside compartment (has its usefulness but an inside switch would be nice also). And the gas one is inside.
So make sure the electric switch is OFF anytime you drain WH. Empty tank and hooked up to AC power electric element will burn out very quickly.
Have you valved in the LP cylinders and tested the gas operation?
Need to drain/flush WH and inspect anode rod at least twice a year.
Down here in AZ we have hard water and scaling will build up quickly.
Element burnt out due to being ON and tank empty.
Scaling will just affect heat transfer.
