Suburban SW6DE Water Heater 120VAC Side
This quit heating on electric on a trip a couple months ago. I thought we might have run it with the tank not full and burned the element out. I removed the element cover and wiring, showed OPEN. So I...
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Chris and BB, you nailed it. And shame on me, I usually read all the tech stuff.
Pulled breaker box cover, every Hot and Neutral was tight, but I tweaked them all
Pulled Water Heater Switch from Control Panel - It's a residential switch and again every SCREW terminal was tight
Looked in under-sink cabinet where he water heater is. No less than FOUR junction boxes under there! Fortunately for me, the inaccessible junction box on the water heater itself was wired to the most easily accessible box in the cabinet, screwed to the floor. Unfortunately for me, it was one of those sorry Mobile Home/RV punch down boxes. Soon's I had it open I could see the White Neutral was Loose and Scorched. There was enough cable for me to trim, strip, twist together with pliers, the Hot, Neutral and Ground. Then Wire Nuts. Gutted the punch down box, cut the inner plastic structure out, and reinstalled as a Splice Box. DONE!
I don't regret the time I spent on this. Never a good time to spend a day on a simple project, but still: I've been able to deep clean the water heater, reduce its wattage demand from 12A to 8A, prevent future problems with the junction box, and...
...improve troubleshooting skills...
Thanks, Guys!
Chris and BB, you nailed it. And shame on me, I usually read all the tech stuff.
Pulled breaker box cover, every Hot and Neutral was tight, but I tweaked them all
Pulled Water Heater Switch from Control Panel - It's a residential switch and again every SCREW terminal was tight
Looked in under-sink cabinet where he water heater is. No less than FOUR junction boxes under there! Fortunately for me, the inaccessible junction box on the water heater itself was wired to the most easily accessible box in the cabinet, screwed to the floor. Unfortunately for me, it was one of those sorry Mobile Home/RV punch down boxes. Soon's I had it open I could see the White Neutral was Loose and Scorched. There was enough cable for me to trim, strip, twist together with pliers, the Hot, Neutral and Ground. Then Wire Nuts. Gutted the punch down box, cut the inner plastic structure out, and reinstalled as a Splice Box. DONE!
I don't regret the time I spent on this. Never a good time to spend a day on a simple project, but still: I've been able to deep clean the water heater, reduce its wattage demand from 12A to 8A, prevent future problems with the junction box, and...
...improve troubleshooting skills...
Thanks, Guys!
