Water Heater Always On
Today I replaced my on board water filter with a Shur-Flo accumulator. Once I was done I plugged the camper into house power and noticed that the water heater came on. I went outside and checked the ...
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electrician549 wrote:
Well it is official, I will be pulling my water heater in the spring. I pulled the white wire off of the element and with the breaker on the white wire has 120volts to ground. The black wire has no volts with the switch on the outside on or off. I even took the cover off of the thermostat and found no voltage there. I have unplugged the water heater and turned the breaker off. Even though I believe that it has worked fine for the past three years no sense in taking any chances. The water heater still works fine on propane.
Check on how the circuit breaker for water heater element is wired.
Should have a black wire connected to CB and white wire to common terminal strip.
See if it has a white wire on that CB and then if a black wire is on common strip.....maybe someone swapped wires
OR wires got swapped in junction box on the side of water heater:H
That element is wired backwards if you have power on white but no power on black wires.
But heck....with a handle like yours (electrian549) you know that :B
