Electric Water Heater Thermostat Wiring

Collection of wiring diagram for hot water heater thermostat.

Electric water heater thermostat wiring.

The two poles means it is a stated 240 volts or an actual 230 volts. 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. As long as your water heater is not too far from the panel it will be wired with 10 wire. The thermostat used in single element electric water heater is different than the double dual element water heater.

The thermostat can be mounted directly on the heater itself or it can be mounted on the wall so that the circuit wiring passes through the thermostat first on the way to the baseboard heater. Working of a thermostat in general there are three main components in an electric water heater. In the above diagram i shown that the upper water heater element is switched off and lower heater element is switch on. Single element water heater with thermostat wiring a single element and one thermostat are generally used in smaller and point of use water heater designed for single phase 120v or 230v ac.

Understanding electric water heater wiring most hot water heaters are on a 30 amp two pole breaker. An electric water heater has two thermostats located under access panels on the side of the tank. A new line voltage thermostat will need to be connected as part of the installation of the new baseboard heater. As i shown in the below electric water heater wiring diagram.

Wiring diagrams residential electric water heaters current production 315267 000 time clock switch operates bottom element only to power supply to time clock switch off peak meter operates. A wiring diagram is a simplified standard pictorial representation of an electrical circuit. One is the heating element second is the power switch to avoid overheating problem and the last one is the thermostat. Mainly the thermostat is used to adjust the temperature of water for different purposes.

When upper water heater element done his work upper thermostat switch of the neutral wire to upper thermostat and provide the neutral wire to lower thermostat. It shows the elements of the circuit as simplified forms and also the power as well as signal connections between the tools.