Upper Hot Water Heater Thermostat

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.

Upper hot water heater thermostat.

The reading should be between 110 and 120 volts. This rheem marathon upper element thermostat is specifically designed to be used as the upper thermostat in a rheem marathon residential electric water heater. The upper element heats the upper portion of. If it isn t the upper thermostat is not sending power to the lower one.

Replace the upper thermostat. If you turn the hot water tap and cold water runs out then the upper thermostat is damaged. Rheem protech lower thermistor replacement kit for rheem performance platinum water heaters model sp15228 8 09 8 09. A dual element water heater uses two heating elements controlled by two separate thermostats.

But if the water is hot that becomes later becomes cold then you have a damaged lower thermostat. Water heater upper thermostat thermo disc style model 08163 11 54 11 54. These water heaters often have a non simultaneous design which means that only 1 heating element is on at any given time. Usually when the upper thermostat goes bad you will have no hot water at all while a bad lower thermostat makes itself known when there is only a small amount of hot water before the tap water goes cold.

Repeat the test with the other screw. Many modern homes come with dual element water heaters. As soon as you complete this task you can fix it. An electric water heater has two thermostats located under access panels on the side of the tank.

Free delivery with 45 order. Touch one meter lead to the top screw and the other lead to the metal body of the water heater. When this water is hot enough it shuts the upper element off. However you will need to know how to test a water heater thermostat to find the faulty unit.

Then it allows power to go to the lower element. The upper thermostat has two functions. Free delivery with 45 order.