Hi Tim,
My name is Angela and I have looked at your site and am quite impressed. My problem is, I've recently moved into a new home and it takes forever for the
water to get hot and when it does it's only hot for a short while. I understand this may the heating element in the water heater. If so can you give me
instructions to fix this problem or would this be one for the pros?
Thanks for any help.
Angela
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Angela,
Your symptoms sound as if one of the elements in your electric water heater is bad. The other one may be ready to give up the ghost as well. You might as well replace both. I think you can handle this job if you have the needed tools. Remember these important steps:
1. Turn OFF the electric power feeding the heater!
2. Verify it is off.
3. Drain the heater.
4. Install the new elements.
5. Fill the heater and get all air out of the hot water system.
6. Turn on the electricity.
Tim Carter
www.askthebuilder.com
W3ATB