i have mobile home that has a 30gal "Scott" brand electric hot water heater..the floor was bad under it from water leaking in the bathroom on the other side of the wall from it..i had to remove the tank to change the floor..after i changed the floor i installed it again and everything worked fine.. the next morning i had no hot water.....so i went out and bought a new element. which gave me hot water again.. my buddy said to keep checking it the voltage to the element to see if it is kicking off or not...well everytime i had tested it..power is always going to the element...i decided to change the thermostat and pop off valve while i was messing with it...
so here i am with all new parts on it except the tank itself...it works fine and i have hot water...whats bothering me is if it is working correctly....my question is...should the voltage be always running to the element? or should it be kicking off when it reaches temp? (set on 120F).....i have checked it many times and it always has voltage going to element....the water is not coming out of the pop off valve...and water temp is not scalding hot when it comes out..its just right...actually i am thinking of turning it up to 130F...its just i can't find a time when there is not voltage running to the element!
any help or troubleshooting tips on this would be apprecitated..thanks
so here i am with all new parts on it except the tank itself...it works fine and i have hot water...whats bothering me is if it is working correctly....my question is...should the voltage be always running to the element? or should it be kicking off when it reaches temp? (set on 120F).....i have checked it many times and it always has voltage going to element....the water is not coming out of the pop off valve...and water temp is not scalding hot when it comes out..its just right...actually i am thinking of turning it up to 130F...its just i can't find a time when there is not voltage running to the element!
any help or troubleshooting tips on this would be apprecitated..thanks