Can someone provide info about a different old water heater?
Old GE water heater with 4 calrod elements around outside of tank. I
searched several years ago for calrod and could not find any available. Is
calrod for old water heaters no longer available?
Thanks.
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Probably because things like the motor in the dryer run on 120V and only
the heating elements run on 240V.
So, in the HWT there are no 120V items as someone previously noted and
the white neutral is not needed.
I used to repair rental HWT for Ontario Hydro out at the lake back in
the early 1
Dan Penoff wrote:
As for the lack of use of the neutral, most 240VAC appliances, such as dryers
and water heaters, have neutral bars for landing the neutral in the appliance.
It may or may not be bonded to ground depending on local and state codes.
I believe most dryers have 120v powered ti
In the electrical/generator business when we are pulling multiple 4/0
conductors (or larger) cable identification is done with colored 3M electrical
tape in multiple locations. Since tape can come off during a pull, especially
a long one with a lot of wire lube, you mark the conductors as best
On Fri, 24 May 2013 10:27:23 -0400 Mitch Haley wrote:
> I'm installing my electric heater (switching from natural draft propane
> water heater) with a disconnect box and 10/2 wire. I suppose I should
> do something to tint the end of the white wire red. Wish I had some red
> heat shrink handy.
A
I had some 10-3 wire, just capped the neutral at the WH box, have it
connected to the neutral bar in the disconnect. On yours just use a
marker pen or some red tape.
--R
On 5/24/13 10:27 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Rich Thomas wrote:
The new one I just put in has no neutral (white) connection,
Rich Thomas wrote:
The new one I just put in has no neutral (white) connection, only red
and black to give the 220V between the two hots.
Some (most?) inspectors interpret the code to say 4 conductors are needed for
all 240v appliances, but on something like a water heater that makes no use of
The new one I just put in has no neutral (white) connection, only red
and black to give the 220V between the two hots.
--R
On 5/23/13 8:47 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Let's start with the basics.
1.) You should have three big wires going into the water heater - red, black,
white and possibly a gre
I touched the voltmeter to one terminal on the element and then to
ground and I got 120V. Is this the correct way to check for power to
the element?
Not at all.
Also why aren't the lights on the load controller on?
Because it's not getting any power?
Water heaters, the common kind, run on
Clarification:
Is the element connected to anything when you are measuring it?
If not, the element is probably good, as your meter probably isn't accurate
enough to measure low resistances.
Otherwise, make sure everything is disconnected from the element before you
attempt to measure.
Dan
The reading across both terminals on the element is zero. So maybe I have a bad
breaker?
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On May 23, 2013, at 8:38 PM, Peter Frederick wrote:
> You should have 220V across the two terminals of the element. Either side to
> ground will give you 120 even if one side is open
On May 23, 2013, at 8:24 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Ok I'm a dummy when it comes to electrical troubleshooting. I touched the
> voltmeter to one terminal on the element and then to ground and I got 120V.
> Is this the correct way to check for power to the element?
>
> Also why aren't th
On Thu, 23 May 2013 18:41:18 -0600 Craig wrote:
> On Thu, 23 May 2013 20:11:51 -0400 dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > I checked resistance of the element and it is ok-12.8 ohms. So the new
> > one is not bad.
> E^2
> The amount of powe
On Thu, 23 May 2013 20:11:51 -0400 dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
> I checked resistance of the element and it is ok-12.8 ohms. So the new
> one is not bad.
E^2
The amount of power your element will take is shown by P = -
You should have 220V across the two terminals of the element. Either
side to ground will give you 120 even if one side is open on the 22V
circuit.
You should have a double breaker or two fuses on a 22V circuit, and if
one fuse is bad or one contact in the breaker is bad, you only have
12
Ok I'm a dummy when it comes to electrical troubleshooting. I touched the
voltmeter to one terminal on the element and then to ground and I got 120V. Is
this the correct way to check for power to the element?
Also why aren't the lights on the load controller on?
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On May 23,
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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 ab
I checked resistance of the element and it is ok-12.8 ohms. So the new one is
not bad.
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On May 23, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Rich Thomas
wrote:
> That load controller is the power company's way of telling you to take a cold
> shower. I had one and it kept screwing with the auto c
Or there is enough crud in the bottom that the element overheats, not
being in water and having the heat removed from it.
Happens a lot here, we have HARD water.
Peter
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That load controller is the power company's way of telling you to take a
cold shower. I had one and it kept screwing with the auto controller on
my fairly new WH, so I just bypassed it and took it off the wall, and
the WH does just fine now.
I just put in another WH in my addition, same type
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
acti
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 s
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