Change Heating Element Hot Water Heater

There s an upper element which is located.

Change heating element hot water heater.

Remove a screw in type heating element by turning the element counterclockwise with a socket wrench and 1 1 2 inch socket. Remove the gasket that seals the heating element to the water heater tank. Heating elements typically last for several years and hot water tanks outlast the elements. Slip a heating element wrench onto the element if your water heater has a screw in type element.

This is the type we will be covering because they are the most common heating elements. Electric water heaters have 2 heating elements. This is a specialty tool with a wide mouth designed to fit over the element s nut in a tight space. Some repair kits come with a socket that fits the heating element.

A water heater element wrench also called an element tool is a specially designed socket that fits over the hex end of the element and has a hole in the other end that will accept the shaft of a screwdriver. A typical electric water heater uses two heat. Gas fired models have a burner at the base of the heater that warms water inside the tank.