RBM,
I will check them in the morning.
I just got off the phone with the home owner and she says there is a warm
spot on the vinyl covered concrete floor near her kitchen sink. I think she
may have a leaking hot water pipe under the slab. I'll check all this out in
the morning.
Thanks so much,
cm
"RBM" wrote in message
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It would be good if you had an ammeter, which would tell you if there is
any current flowing. I had a situation one time very similar to yours. The
wires in the heater go from the junction box on top of the heater through
foam insulation to the upper thermostat. One of the two wires burned in
half imbedded in the foam insulation. Through the moisture and carbonized
copper I got a 240 volt reading at the upper thermostat and element, but
the element of course wouldn't heat. Barring a bad meter, I would try to
physically check the condition of the wires inside the heater
"CM" wrote in message
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Yup.
cm
"RBM" wrote in message
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Forget the thermostat. There are two terminals on the element. When you
test across those two terminals, do you get 240 volts?
"CM" wrote in message
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RBM,
I have 220 volts at the t-stat and the upper element. I removed the
upper element earlier today to check its condition and continuity and
it was fine.
Thanks,
Craig
"RBM" wrote in message
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I'm not trying to beat on you either, but the first part of a repair
is to determine what's broken. As the others have said, you need to
verify 240 volts across the two upper element terminals. My guess is
that you've got a dead leg feeding the heater, which may have been the
original problem. If you do have 240 volts across the upper element,
it'll heat or you have a bad element, which is unlikely
"CM" wrote in message
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OK folks I have repaired many electric water heaters in my 18 years
as a handyman and have never ran into one that I couldn't fix. The
best part is I am doing this for free for a friend that is out of
work.
First I replaced both elements and upper/lower thermostats and
flushed the water heater because it would not make hot water. It
still didn't heat the water. I went back over today and changed them
all out again and it still doesn't work. Yes it has power to it ,
right up to the top element. What am I missing?
Thanks
cm