Sure the load controller isn't something from your utility? We used to have them here on water heaters and AC units, but they stopped offering the service about 5 years ago. Not sure why. I still have one on the AC unit in my house, but it's in failsafe mode - I disabled the circuit that activates it, so the controller is always in the NC mode, which is what it defaults to when power fails as well.
Since this is a 240VAC appliance, did you check each leg to neutral (120VAC) and across the two hot legs (240VAC)? Dan On May 23, 2013, at 7:43 PM, [email protected] wrote: > OK here's the deal. It's an old Sepco Hydrastone electric water heater. It's > not leaking. It just won't heat up. Over the past four years, I've replaced > the heating element twice and it fixed the problem. Today, I did the same but > it won't get hot. > There are a couple of weird things about the set-up: > First off it's wired to bypass the upper element so it functions on one > element- possibly why it keeps burning up > Second, the power goes to a load controller (kind of looks like an electric > meter) and then to the water heater. Why? And what in the hell is a load > controller? When the thing works, the little green light on the load > controller is lit. When it doesn't, the red light is lit. Now, no lights are > lit but there is power to the element as checked by a voltmeter. Also, I > replaced the thermostat - no difference. What the hell is going on here! > I want to take a shower!!! > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
