Upper Hot Water Heater Thermostat

An electric water heater has two thermostats located under access panels on the side of the tank.

Upper hot water heater thermostat. The upper thermostat has two functions. Many modern homes come with dual element water heaters. Touch one meter lead to the top screw and the other lead to the metal body of the water heater. These water heaters often have a non simultaneous design which means that only 1 heating element is on at any given time.

This type of thermostat is for use in 2 element water heaters. The reading should be between 110 and 120 volts. If you turn the hot water tap and cold water runs out then the upper thermostat is damaged. Free delivery with 45 order.

Replace the upper thermostat. This rheem marathon upper element thermostat is specifically designed to be used as the upper thermostat in a rheem marathon residential electric water heater. Rheem protech lower thermistor replacement kit for rheem performance platinum water heaters model sp15228 8 09 8 09. However you will need to know how to test a water heater thermostat to find the faulty unit.

Repeat the test with the other screw. 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. A dual element water heater uses two heating elements controlled by two separate thermostats. First it allows the upper element to heat the water in the top of the tank.

Free delivery with 45 order. Water heater upper thermostat thermo disc style model 08163 11 54 11 54. As soon as you complete this task you can fix it. Then it allows power to go to the lower element.

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 upper element heats the upper portion of. Set your store to see local availability add to cart.