Fixing Water Heater that Trips Breaker Occasionally

Electric water heater keeps tripping the breaker. It will stay on for 30 minutes or so and then the breaker will trip. Here's why!

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[Jamalbenthall]

Another great video. Thank you, sir. I literally made supervisor because of your videos

[juliasharp]

Thank you for the step by step information. People may tease you about explaining every step, but this is exactly what my brain needs so that I learn. I'm about to try this!

[mo-evdt]

I have a service call tomorrow for a tripping water heater.. that helped me a lot thank you brother

[Randylazz]

One thing I learned being a HVACR Tech is to never take short cuts and alway take your Video Bruh = )

[wyldvigilante]

Good move on removing the sediment never thought of that.. Stepping up my game now . Awesome video.

[FloridaManRevolt]

Followed your instructions and found the same thing happened to my heating element. Thank you!!

[lwvmobile]

I'm glad my water heater wasn't that bad and crudded up when I had the same issue. I had continuity on both elements though, and they weren't broken when pulling them out, so I suspect the problem was with the upper thermostat. Regardless, I bought one of those kits like you showed at my local hardware store for $40. At that price, you might as well replace both elements and thermostats on a 240v heater. Its been working well ever since with no breaker tripping.

[guygotti]

Lex you’re the man, I’m going to check the heating elements….thanks for an amazingly informative video. Off to go help a 90 yr old person who has not had hot water in 2 weeks and she couldn’t get a plumber to show up.

[flhvacrfossil]

Good job Lexmiester, I found a metric#38 - 6point socket for no slip element removal.👍👍

[shayshayw]

Thanks bud. So glad i found this. Now we know what is going on with our hot water heater.

[mainj]

Worked for Sears service from 75-90 and did hundreds of element change outs. 90% of time tank would not drain from calcium buildup so had to change out full. State industries had a element called the sand hog that could operate in hard water with tanks full of calcium. Most of the heater elements had a 4 bolt flange and were a little tricky to install with water in the tank. I don't miss working on water heaters!

[principeazteca]

Good job i got a do the same thing at work...thanks for sharing ...👍👍👍👍

[dawna]

Thank you! I must admit, the beginning of the video was unstable from holding the camera in your hand. It was difficult for me to view, so I moved on to other online videos. I eventually came back to yours and skipped ahead to the portion where the camera was stable. I am so glad I did! Your video is super helpful and I really appreciate your efforts. I’m sure there are others that are not sensitive to the video motion (I become ill like motion sickness) and it won’t bother most folks at all. It’s a great tutorial, and I recommend others stick with it. I appreciate you’re extra emphasis on important details, and your thorough approach to avoid water damage in your home. Thanks again! You’re wonderful! :)

[notsosilentmajority]

Thanks for the video. I installed my water heater about 7 years ago but we live in an area with extreme calcium, etc.. I just had a water softener installed that removes calcium and a bunch of other things. Of course our water is great now but the water heater is beginning to trip the breaker every now and then. I was getting ready to put in a new water heater until I saw your video. This beats changing the entire water heater all over again. I'm sure my elements look like yours did, if not worse. With the new water treatment softener and our water being very good, the new elements should (hopefully) hold up for a while. Great job. Thanks again. 👍

[Eddy]

Great vid Skid ... Nice tech tip on removing sediment with the hose ... I used the little pony pump from Sears to drain water heater in about 15 mins. Ah, those were the days ... Lol ...

[hindsightistwenty]

My knuckles were trembling @4:13...thanks for sharing

[ApartmentMaintenance]

Nice repair 👍 Just changed a Evaporator coil on the ol Goodman Awuf. 3rd coil this year already. Stay safe out there 👍👍

[MrRalph-qmqy]

Thanks for the vid broski keeps me educated on what could have been happening in a water heater 👍

[janetbarnes]

Thanks so much for this video, our heating element went out and this is what ours looked like!!!! 😳 Thanks so much for this video and God Bless you all!🤗🙏🏾❤️