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Default Turning off water main: shutdown water heater first?

On May 27, 5:29*pm, "Stormin Mormon"

For electric WH, look in your panel box for a double 30 breaker.

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That makes me wonder a little.

Do you really want to flip that breaker under load? Yeah, it's
designed to trip under load, but not all that many times.

Not saying it's wrong, just wondering about it. When I worked in a
factory we were careful never to flip a breaker under load, always
powered down first.