Water Heater on Electric Problem
My 17 year old Suburban water heater quit heating on electric. No voltage at the element or either thermostat/hi limit terminal (and yes it was the AC not 12vdc thermostat). The tank switch has been f...
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Dick_B wrote:
I had to replace the switch and found some wires melted. Repaired everything but had to remove the WH to do it. Also found we would blow a C/B if we were heating water with electric and had another current hog, like a coffee pot, on at the same time.
So now I heat on propane and keep the electric as a backup.
Bad switch, melted wires all too common. Replaced my 12 year old Suburban last summer for the same problems. Switch frozen, bypass the pesky thing. Melted wires, replaced them. Failed for the third time and got fed up. New water heater from best converters was pretty cheap, so out with the old, in with the new took me only about a hour.
