Water Heater Thermostat Burnt

You can see if the pilot light is out by removing the cover of the water heater and inspecting the light.

Water heater thermostat burnt. What causes burned wires on electric water heater thermostat. Finding the source of the leak will tell you where fault lies. It had bared the red off the wire about 6in along it and also burnt the plastic cover. Remove the cover panel s from the front of the heater and then disconnect the wires from the heating element terminals.

Thoroughly clean the bare wire ends of any coating or corrosion to bright copper and crimp the wire ends together tightly insulating the resulting connection with heat shrink tubing. After opening it up we discovered the red wire on the bottom element was burning. Your water heater will usually have directions on how to relight it. Using a continuity tester available from electrical supply houses place one test probe on each of the element terminals.

Thermostat burned up etcetera. I need to go and buy a volt ohm meter to test the element. The pilot light will ignite your water heater s burner and if it goes out there is nothing to heat the water. To test for a burned out element first turn off all electrical power to the water heater.

Keeping the hatch covers on tightly is good as it likely prevents much oxygen from getting to the fire snuffing it out. I have a 3 year old kenmore electric water heater. If this is beyond your expertise get an electrician to do it. Hj az a shorted element depending on where it is shorted would either cause the water to overheat and trip the eco or trip the circuit breaker but not overload the thermostat or its connections.

Cut out the overheated wire. By the second day it was getting stronger and smelt like a burning smell coming from the water heater area. To check it remove one wire from the element terminals and set a volt ohm meter to rx1. Water heater smells like.

The water heater is running 240 volt on 10 awg wire with a 30 amp breaker at the box which never tripped. When this happens the heating element will burn out prematurely after heating the water to excessive temperatures. The heating element could be grounding out which will result in the heating element staying on. Strip back the insulation the correct amount for an appropriate crimp connector.

Burning rubber or plastic if you smell burning rubber or burning plastic turn off the power source at the breaker first before trying to pinpoint the smell.