Plumbing

Electric Water Heater

How an Electric Water Heater Works
Preventative Maintenance
Electric Water Heater
Make Ready
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 When a water heater is working properly, you have water that fills in from the supply and it drops it all the way down through a fill tube to towards the bottom of the tank, so your fresh supply comes in and it gets dumped at the bottom of the tank. This bottom element down here, this, this bottom element, this bottom thermostat.

Are what heat the water in the tank. The upper thermostat is designed to keep the water warm. The two elements will never be on at the same time. They should never be on at the same time. So just as you are becoming familiar with water heaters and how they work, especially electric water heaters, your.

Cold water supply fill, it goes through a tube and drops the water all the way down. It fills from the bottom up. And so your water starts down here, uh, and it, and it would race. Towards the top of the water heater, but remember this element, this thermostat, and this element are designed to heat all of the water up.

This thermostat and this element are designed to keep the water at the desired temperature, and they should never be running at the same time.