Electric Water Heater Reset Button Won T Reset

To reset it turn it all the way off until it clicks and then flip it in the opposite direction.

Electric water heater reset button won t reset. You reset the electric water heater reset button by pushing that red button. There may also be a lower thermostat reset button on the water heater. As long as you can find the water heater and identify the reset button the process is simple. This indicates the limit is weak.

If your hot water is cold this is one thing you can check. This video will show you how to reset the reset button on a electric hot water heater. The breaker has tripped if the rocker is tilted toward the outside of the panel. If so push that reset button as well.

The water in your water heater is getting too hot. Just like all parts of the water heater the reset button will eventually suffer from wear and tear. Here s the most likely problem. If your water heater stops producing warm water resetting the heater will usually solve the problem.

If it was replaced or not and power was turned back on to the unit before the tank filled the element will burn out. This means the heating element is still working and will continue to increase the water temperature eventually tripping the reset button. So the red reset button on your electric water heater keeps popping out and needing to be reset. This can cause it to perform less effectively and continually trip regardless of the temperature of the water in the tank.

However there is a possibility the top element could be shorted if this unit has an upper element. Like a gfci breaker a water heater reset button won t stay in if no power is flowing. The reset button is actually part of your upper thermostat. When the water temperature in your water heater exceeds 180 the red reset button also known as the high limit switch trips.