Cold water at the top of the tank,,,,causing both t Stats to run,,,,I shared this post with my plumber friend, of over 30 years, got an immediate reply. I quote:
"Go to that website and tell him the dip tube has rotted and fallen in to the tank".
So I did...PM me if you want to hire a plumber, who also speaks hot rod Dodges...
Here he is from the bucket list thread on the left:
Bucket List
Rheem is usally a good tank,,,,Sorry, but you paid good money for a new product that has yet to work correctly.
The redneck would have already had it replaced with another unit.
My pastor would not have approved of the conversation if I got push back.
Enough......
Rheem is usally a good tank,,,,
True,,,,No doubt....junk is junk, and you can get a defect in near anything.
. its located in the closet in my daughters room so she would hear it if it did.
If this was my heater, I would find another room away from the heater for my daughters to sleep in. I've seen the end results of a water heater exploding. True, the pressure release pop off valve should prevent that but I wouldn't take the chance.
Normaly btwn 11 and 15 ohms,,,,he replaced them,,,,Elements should be checked with an ampmeter , not an ohm meter. If water is in tank, bad element can show good. Suspect a shorted element.
I shared this thread with my plumber friend, of over 30 years, got an immediate reply. I quote:
"Go to that website and tell him the dip tube has rotted and fallen in to the tank".
? ? ? ?I know more about a water heater now than I ever wanted to know
I know more about a water heater now than I ever wanted to know
I flushed it out back in March when I changed that first element.Something else--if water heater makes "popcorn popping" noises, it's mineral
sediment build-up.
On gas heater, there'll be a pile of sediment (looks like chips/fragments of
sea shells) on floor of tank. Burner heats tank floor, and water boiling up
thru layers of sediment make the popping noise. Creates local hot-spots
on tank floor and shortens tank life.
It will happen in electric heaters, too, if sediment is allowed to build-up
until lower element is buried. The lower element tends to burn-out.