Water heater element location
Drained my water heater, but I couldn't find the electric element. Could someone point it out to me?
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Old-Biscuit wrote:KID2TEXAS wrote:
you sure your not talking about the Anode rod that some heaters have?
Atwood water heaters, which is what OP has (one in picture), do NOT use anode rods because they have aluminum tanks.
Suburban does use anode rods because they have a glass-lined STEEL tank and the anode rod protects it from rusting out (just like your residential water heaters)
I'm trying to get the electrical side of my Suburban WH to work but after installing a new element ($10) and turning everything on (1 rocker switch by the heater) and checking that all other CB's were in the on position, I waited over night and had a tank full of cold water. There isn't any voltage across the terminals of the element so maybe the rocker switch is fubar? Are these easy to replace? Do they just pop out? The propane side works flawlessly.
Thanks,
Stan
Las Vegas, NV
2001 Cedar Creek 34ft. 5er
2005 Ram CTD 3500 Dually
6 speed Bright White
