Test Heating Element Water Heater

Use your screw drivers to remove the screws from the cover of the panels and release them.

Test heating element water heater.

Determine which of the two heating elements in your water heater could be the problem by turning on the water at. If it does not have a. Turn off the breaker switch to the hot water heater at the breaker box. A multimeter is a tool used to measure electrical.

Locate the water valve at the bottom of the water heater. The water in the heater should be lukewarm or colder. See the test steps given in the article below. If the water heater is hot run hot water in the building with.

Wait for the. Attach a garden hose. If it has a disconnectable plug unplug it. Drain the water from the water heater.

There are two panels on the water heater. One is on the top and another on the bottom. Using the multimeter 1. Turn off electrical power to the water heater you should have done this earlier if you read the instructions above.

If the heater is an electric unit. Testing a water heater heating element 1. Hold the multimeter prongs to the. Disconnect the water heater from power source.

Take 1 of the wires off of a water heater element. How to check a heating element in a water heater step 1.