Electric Hot Water Heater Thermostat

Electric water heater thermostat replacement step 1 always disconnect the power or shut off the breaker before doing any work on a water heater.

Electric hot water heater thermostat.

If you have an electric water heater it uses one or two resistive elements to heat the water. Testing is the only option if you want to determine whether or not one or both of them has failed. The elements do not heat up at the same time. 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 other one gave me ten years so i hope this one does as well. An electric water heater thermostat tells the heating elements when to heat up. Free delivery with 45 order. If the thermostats are okay you need to test the water heater elements.

This one looks feels smells and tastes exactly like the oem thermostat i took off. The top element heats the water first and then the bottom element kicks in. Set your store to see local availability add to cart. This was all i needed to fix my hot water heater.

It was a piece of cake to install as any one would be and it works just fine. An electric water heater has two thermostats located under access panels on the side of the tank. Camco lower thermostat therm o disc model 08123 6 31 6 31. Rheem protech upper thermostat for electric water heaters model sp210246 23 59 23 59.

Most electric hot water tanks have two elements and two thermostats. Free delivery with 45 order. Each element is controlled by a hot water heater thermostat that turns it on when the water temperature falls below its cut in setting and turns it off when the water temperature exceeds its cut out setting.