Electric Hot Water Heater Thermostat

If the hot water heater is not working one of the thermostats may be bad.

Electric hot water heater thermostat.

Testing is the only option if you want to determine whether or not one or both of them has failed. An electric water heater thermostat tells the heating elements when to heat up. If the thermostats are okay you need to test the water heater elements. Free delivery with 45 order.

Electric water heater thermostats are a fairly simple devices that can fail from time to time. Gas water heater thermostat replacement. Reliance water heater 100109136 electric water heater plumber repair pack includes 1 each upper thermostat 4 5 out of 5 stars 145 38 13 38. Most electric hot water tanks have two elements and two thermostats.

Set your store to see local availability add to cart. An electric hot water heater has two thermostats controlling two separate heating elements one in the upper half of the tank one in the lower half. The elements do not heat up at the same time. It can be identified as the component with the controls for temperature and.

How electric water heater thermostats work. Gas water heaters use a different type of thermostat system. The top element heats the water first and then the bottom element kicks in. Usually when the upper thermostat goes bad you will have no hot water at all while a bad lower thermostat makes itself known when there is only a small amount of hot water before the tap water goes cold.

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