Electric Water Heater Upper Thermostat Wiring

Simultaneous wiring of dual heating elements 9000 watts each of 4500 watts and thermostats for 240v and 230v electric water heater.

Electric water heater upper thermostat wiring.

When the upper element works and the lower one does not you have a low supply of hot water. Most residential water heaters have an upper and a lower thermostat. In the electric water heater and thermostat wiring series we will be showing the continuous i e. In the above diagram i shown that the upper water heater element is switched off and lower heater element is switch on.

Wiring an electric water heater also includes the thermostats. Structure of water heater. Usually when the upper thermostat goes bad you will have no hot water at all while a bad lower thermostat makes itself known when there is only a small amount of hot water before the tap water goes cold. The line is connected to the l 1 terminal while neutral or second line is connected to the l 3 terminal.

The water heater element is connected to the thermostat via t 2 as hot and l 4 as neutral. You may see the previsions post for. Collection of wiring diagram for hot water heater thermostat. The thermostats tell the elements when to heat up.

The standard residential electric water heater control circuit consists of a manual reset high limit switch an upper thermostat lower thermostat two heating elements and wires. Upper thermostat makes it possible for you to have cold water supply when you turn on the tap of hot water. Meaning that only one element is allowed to heat at a time. A wiring diagram is a simplified standard pictorial representation of an electrical circuit.

Black color is neutral while red is phase or line and the yellow green wire is used for ground earth. Whatever is the case you need to learn about the basics of how a water heater works. The electric heater has a total of two thermostats each performing distinct functions. An electric hot water heater has two thermostats controlling two separate heating elements one in the upper half of the tank one in the lower half.

These are usually set up for non simultaneous operation. When power is initially turned on to the unit the upper element is energized and heats the water in the upper third of the tank see figure 1. 230v and 240v continues dual element electric water heater thermostat wiring. The wiring connection for both single phase 120v and 240v are same i e.

See troubleshooting electric hot water heaters or water heater element testing for other related topics.