schistkicker
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My electric water heater is about 7 years old, and I live in an area
with hard water. Recently I returned from a 6 week business trip to
find that there had been a power outage/surge at my house. Along with
having to reset all my clocks, my water heater wasn't working either
(although none of the breakers had been tripped). We reset it by
pushing the shiny red button and all was well for about a day. We heard
the heater start up and showers were hot again.
The next day, the shower water was cold again. However, I cannot reset
the heater again because the reset button isn't depressible - it seems
like it's pushed all the way in and no matter how hard I try, it doesn't
move. None of my breakers are tripped.
Should I flip the breaker off then back on again and see if that works,
or is it possible this is simply a heating element problem and I should
call a plumber?
with hard water. Recently I returned from a 6 week business trip to
find that there had been a power outage/surge at my house. Along with
having to reset all my clocks, my water heater wasn't working either
(although none of the breakers had been tripped). We reset it by
pushing the shiny red button and all was well for about a day. We heard
the heater start up and showers were hot again.
The next day, the shower water was cold again. However, I cannot reset
the heater again because the reset button isn't depressible - it seems
like it's pushed all the way in and no matter how hard I try, it doesn't
move. None of my breakers are tripped.
Should I flip the breaker off then back on again and see if that works,
or is it possible this is simply a heating element problem and I should
call a plumber?