Thank You after watching so many videos on how to fix my water heater tank yours was the only one I found to explain and show everything in detail. I’m going to attempt to do this myself. I’ll just watch your video about 10 more times to boost my confidence 🤣😂🙌🏽
I see a technical hubbub comment here. Well I prefer this particular video above all of the technical hubbub videos because this is a simple repair and gets right to the point without a course from Einstein's chalkboard. I just wanted to fix the thing and move on! Not start a career through understanding it completely in and out and why and who and when... Like who cares!.. And I'm not one of those Tool Time living Home Depot hangout kinda guys either. That's why I prefer this simple-ass video above all those technical hubbub videos. You Rock because you kept it simple. Thanks.
I know it's been a couple of years since this was uploaded, but I want to thank you for helping me deal with a very similar problem. Great job, thank you so much. Cheers!
THANKS TO YOUR DEMONSTRATION I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TOOL TO GO GET AND I WENT TO HOME DEPOT AND PURCHASED IT THANK YOU VERY MUCH IT HELPED SO MUCH I'D PROBABLY NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT OFF WITHOUT IT
Hey, thanks for the video. It was a gateway to getting ours back online. The weird thing is our whirlpool unit has 2 thermostats top and bottom, and 2 elements. Everything checked out on the multi-meter. We pressed the reset button , drained the unit for 20 minutes. When we ran the water again there was a lot of "Black water" from the kitchen sink?? whadda-ya-know! Hot water. We had a brief power outage the night before it was not working. We unit was made in 2014, I had never cleaned / flushed it ever. No issues until this power loss. All is well now. thanks
@@twinkle8217 Hello Twinkle.. Even though the water was easy to drain, it took a LONG time to FULLY drain! Make sure you shut off the power and then disconnect the "wired" connection at the W.H. to be extra safe. DETAILS Here. If the W.H. is in your garage, maybe not a big deal. If it is in a basement or laundry room, like in our case be careful. It took both of us to deal with this mistake of ours. *If you think you have drained it all the water and start to remove the element only to find water coming out of the threads...Stop and keep draining the tub more! There should not be any water coming out of the threads. *We had lots of water flowing out of the tub and needed to protect the floor and hallway from it. Be mindful and have lots of towels available if you do have excess water. *It was nice to have a extra set of hands and feet. Have a good light and take a picture of the area you're working on. It helps with reassembly. *All said and done our "Thermostats" also needed to be replaced. It was still much less money than a new W.H.
Great refresher, I do most home repairs myself and it is always good to check out the process, if available. just in case something has slipped my mind.
I rewatch your tutorial again and again to make sure that I will not making any mistakes. My water heater cable is connected directly to circuit breaker without cable plug. Is it safe to just turn off the circuit breaker prior unscrew anything from water tank body? Thanks for making this educational video.
Definitely turn off power. Wether it be unplugging or turning off the breaker that powers the water heater. When in doubt if power is still on consult electrician or carefully use an electric voltage meter to check.
Here is the easy method.CUT OFF BREAKER AND VERIFY AT UNIT WITH TESTER. The bottom element in a Rheem comes on first. The upper thermostat cuts it on. Disconnect wires to both elements. Set meter to Ohms. The range is around 12.8. If OR is displayed element is bad. If both elements test good it is the top thermostat usually. Another sign of that is when heating water the top element not the bottom element comes on. You might have hat water for a short time but up to 15 minutes.
I think that you do not need the chart in order to estimate the resistance, because you can calculate it from the formula R=V^2/P where V is the Rated Voltage and the P is the Rated Wattage. Taking your example, we have V=240V and P=4500W then R=12.8Ω.
You can change elements without draining the tank. Cut the water supply off and release the pressure valve using a container to catch the HOT overflow. After loosing the element catch the slug of water with a towel.
Thank you. You made it easy to follow. One question please. Our water heater heats up but rams out of hot water much sooner than it used to. Can the issue still be the heating element? Appreciate your advise.
Did it once work fine? Do you have more things running that use hot water? If you always had issues it likely is capacity issue. The tank could be undersize for your needs. If you are running hot showers, washing clothes, and doing dishwasher at same time you will run out of hot water quickly. They do make instant hot water systems which are tankless, but they require more power. Therefore you will need electrician possibly to wire in a circuit for one. They heat water instantly as you run faucet rather than holding hot water.
Only if your tank is leaking or rusted out. Also water tanks should be flushed out and you can replace anode periodically to prevent hard water attacking your heating elements and steel tank. Sacrificial anodes are designed to attract the corrosion and wear out so tank doesn’t. They screw in from the top of tank. Just little tips to make the tank last longer.
Just happened... Electricity was turned on, before water was on into the pretank. Now the water heater is not working ,the.light was on but sion after off the light .How can I repair it ?
These water heaters are pretty simple. It is an insulated tank. If the water isn’t leaking out then it likely is a heating element. Many times you can visibly see the element is bad. However, we do go over other ways to tell if an element is not functioning to its full capacity.
LMAO 🤣 No way would you save money calling a “Pro” to do this easy job. The whole reason I started this channel was due to frustration of watching techs fix things easily and charging me hundreds of dollars. You probably work in plumbing and heating and don’t want people fixing this themselves. You like the easy money. 😂
@@HOMEDIY totally agree. Your tutorial was straight forward and helpful. I didn't know about that tool. I also love that you just replied to this comment from a year ago 😂
Thank You after watching so many videos on how to fix my water heater tank yours was the only one I found to explain and show everything in detail. I’m going to attempt to do this myself. I’ll just watch your video about 10 more times to boost my confidence 🤣😂🙌🏽
I see a technical hubbub comment here.
Well I prefer this particular video above all of the technical hubbub videos because this is a simple repair and gets right to the point without a course from Einstein's chalkboard.
I just wanted to fix the thing and move on!
Not start a career through understanding it completely in and out and why and who and when...
Like who cares!..
And I'm not one of those Tool Time living Home Depot hangout kinda guys either.
That's why I prefer this simple-ass video above all those technical hubbub videos.
You Rock because you kept it simple.
Thanks.
I know it's been a couple of years since this was uploaded, but I want to thank you for helping me deal with a very similar problem.
Great job, thank you so much.
Cheers!
You are welcome. 😊
Thank you so much for this video. It cost me $110 to fix my water heater.
THANKS TO YOUR DEMONSTRATION I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TOOL TO GO GET AND I WENT TO HOME DEPOT AND PURCHASED IT THANK YOU VERY MUCH IT HELPED SO MUCH I'D PROBABLY NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT OFF WITHOUT IT
Same here bro It literally saved me over 300$
Great video. The details are very helpful to me that I don't know anything about this. You are a very good TH-camr. Thank you, so much.
Great how to vid. Helped me fix mine. Thanks saved me probably $200+ from not calling a plumber!
Nice job! When I repair any electrical appliance, etc. I always take a cell phone picture of the wiring for correct repair. Try it it's GREAT.
Good tip. 👍
Hey, thanks for the video. It was a gateway to getting ours back online. The weird thing is our whirlpool unit has 2 thermostats top and bottom, and 2 elements. Everything checked out on the multi-meter. We pressed the reset button , drained the unit for 20 minutes. When we ran the water again there was a lot of "Black water" from the kitchen sink?? whadda-ya-know! Hot water. We had a brief power outage the night before it was not working. We unit was made in 2014, I had never cleaned / flushed it ever. No issues until this power loss. All is well now. thanks
Was the water easy to drain?... Asking because Im in a similar situation as you all
@@twinkle8217 Hello Twinkle.. Even though the water was easy to drain, it took a LONG time to FULLY drain! Make sure you shut off the power and then disconnect the "wired" connection at the W.H. to be extra safe.
DETAILS Here. If the W.H. is in your garage, maybe not a big deal. If it is in a basement or laundry room, like in our case be careful. It took both of us to deal with this mistake of ours. *If you think you have drained it all the water and start to remove the element only to find water coming out of the threads...Stop and keep draining the tub more! There should not be any water coming out of the threads.
*We had lots of water flowing out of the tub and needed to protect the floor and hallway from it. Be mindful and have lots of towels available if you do have excess water.
*It was nice to have a extra set of hands and feet. Have a good light and take a picture of the area you're working on. It helps with reassembly.
*All said and done our "Thermostats" also needed to be replaced. It was still much less money than a new W.H.
@@PawnShopRockers Thank you so much
Great refresher, I do most home repairs myself and it is always good to check out the process, if available. just in case something has slipped my mind.
We all do it. 👊
Thank you for the education!
Just found your channel. Great tutorials. Wish I had youtube when I was younger and having to figure this stuff out!
Thank you sir great teaching simple explanation
looks simple thanks
I rewatch your tutorial again and again to make sure that I will not making any mistakes. My water heater cable is connected directly to circuit breaker without cable plug. Is it safe to just turn off the circuit breaker prior unscrew anything from water tank body? Thanks for making this educational video.
Definitely turn off power. Wether it be unplugging or turning off the breaker that powers the water heater. When in doubt if power is still on consult electrician or carefully use an electric voltage meter to check.
Here is the easy method.CUT OFF BREAKER AND VERIFY AT UNIT WITH TESTER.
The bottom element in a Rheem comes on first. The upper thermostat cuts it on.
Disconnect wires to both elements. Set meter to Ohms. The range is around 12.8. If OR is displayed element is bad.
If both elements test good it is the top thermostat usually.
Another sign of that is when heating water the top element not the bottom element comes on. You might have hat water for a short time but up to 15 minutes.
what couuld be the cost to have this done. tks
I think that you do not need the chart in order to estimate the resistance, because you can calculate it from the formula R=V^2/P where V is the Rated Voltage and the P is the Rated Wattage. Taking your example, we have V=240V and P=4500W then R=12.8Ω.
InstaBlaster...
Correct. 👍
coming over the top with the math!
What setting do you put volt meter on
What if you don't a panel on the hot water heater
You can change elements without draining the tank. Cut the water supply off and release the pressure valve using a container to catch the HOT overflow.
After loosing the element catch the slug of water with a towel.
We replaced both elements thermostats and removed the lime however water heater still isn’t warming the water 🤷♀️any suggestions?
Having the same problem,did you get an answer to this? Thanks
Thanks
Thank you. You made it easy to follow.
One question please. Our water heater heats up but rams out of hot water much sooner than it used to. Can the issue still be the heating element? Appreciate your advise.
My issue too
Did it once work fine? Do you have more things running that use hot water? If you always had issues it likely is capacity issue. The tank could be undersize for your needs. If you are running hot showers, washing clothes, and doing dishwasher at same time you will run out of hot water quickly. They do make instant hot water systems which are tankless, but they require more power. Therefore you will need electrician possibly to wire in a circuit for one. They heat water instantly as you run faucet rather than holding hot water.
It sounds like only the lower element is working.
Good I do not have to buy a new hot water heater I'm here in Mobile Alabama😮
Only if your tank is leaking or rusted out. Also water tanks should be flushed out and you can replace anode periodically to prevent hard water attacking your heating elements and steel tank. Sacrificial anodes are designed to attract the corrosion and wear out so tank doesn’t. They screw in from the top of tank. Just little tips to make the tank last longer.
You saved me 300$. PRECIATE THE HELL OUT YOU!!
Awesome! So glad I could help! Thanks for commenting. 😊👊
The hot water supply of my water heater is smaller and smaller, almost did not have, what reason is this , how should I do to solve this problem?
If the tank isn’t leaking then it likely is a bad element which isn’t keeping up with your hot water needs. That is what we fix in this video.
I flushed my water heater with the electricity still on. Maybe I fried my heating element? My heater is not working after the flush.
yep, that is what happened.
Just happened...
Electricity was turned on, before water was on into the pretank. Now the water heater is not working ,the.light was on but sion after off the light .How can I repair it ?
We keep bloibg a breaker.
My hot water only 5mins long 😅
haha +1 great thumbnail
I so scaed
Seems super complicated!
These water heaters are pretty simple. It is an insulated tank. If the water isn’t leaking out then it likely is a heating element. Many times you can visibly see the element is bad. However, we do go over other ways to tell if an element is not functioning to its full capacity.
Why is this not hard wired
Not good 😐
Call a pro. Save time and$$$ believe it or not
LMAO 🤣
No way would you save money calling a “Pro” to do this easy job. The whole reason I started this channel was due to frustration of watching techs fix things easily and charging me hundreds of dollars. You probably work in plumbing and heating and don’t want people fixing this themselves. You like the easy money. 😂
@@HOMEDIY totally agree. Your tutorial was straight forward and helpful. I didn't know about that tool. I also love that you just replied to this comment from a year ago 😂
This is my side channel.
My primary channel is KayakDIY.
As this channel grows I will devote more time to it, increase uploads, and replies. 😂
So the pro is gonna do it labor free 🤣