Mark wrote:
Hi everyone. I hope someone can helo me with this as I am baffled
beyond imagination here. I have an electric hot water heater that
burned out the bottom element. I opted to replace both elements and
thermostats since this was an in-expensive investment.

So replaced both upper and lower elements, upper and lower
thermostats..and still no hot water.

one thing I did do is buy another set of elements and when I removed
the first set, I noticed that only the edges were getting hot and not
the entire element..could it be the I need to adjust the thermostat to
a higher temp?

Also, I checked all electrical wiring and I have voltage everywhere its
suppse to be.. Also did a resistance test on all 4 elements, first set
and second, and all pass with flying colors..

So I am confused and not sure where to look next...

This is a 240 volt system and both leads are hot..checked and verified.

Maybe the "dip tube" that is on the inlet side is broken or corroded
away, if that happens then the cold water comes in the top and goes
right back out the top without heating. Check to see if you have hot
water at the bottom of the tank by opening the drain valve.

George