Hi everyone,
It seems that my water heater has stoped working. Well, more specifically, when it turns on (via the timer) sparks come out of the immersion heater and it trips the fuse.
I was wondering then if it is a problem with the thermostat in the immersion heater. My water heater has two immersion heaters (one 14'' horizontal from Heatrae Sadia on the bottom and another horizontal on the top from Redrging).
Now I assume that the problem is with the bottom immersion heater (since sparks come out from there just before the fuse burns) and it could be the thermostat or some electrical problem.
Lets say that I change the thermostat. I saw a nice tutorial on how to do that, however, my immersion heater is horizontal and I was wondering do I need to drain the water tank before I attempt to remove the thermostat?
I dont want to flood the place
Please let me know.
Regards,
It seems that my water heater has stoped working. Well, more specifically, when it turns on (via the timer) sparks come out of the immersion heater and it trips the fuse.
I was wondering then if it is a problem with the thermostat in the immersion heater. My water heater has two immersion heaters (one 14'' horizontal from Heatrae Sadia on the bottom and another horizontal on the top from Redrging).
Now I assume that the problem is with the bottom immersion heater (since sparks come out from there just before the fuse burns) and it could be the thermostat or some electrical problem.
Lets say that I change the thermostat. I saw a nice tutorial on how to do that, however, my immersion heater is horizontal and I was wondering do I need to drain the water tank before I attempt to remove the thermostat?
I dont want to flood the place
Please let me know.
Regards,