How to Diagnose a BAD Water Heater Element

Is your electric water not working? Is your water heater popping or tripping the red reset button? It's most likely does to a failed element. Join us while we dive into how to diagnose witch element is bad. We'll use a digital multimeter to check the voltage and the amperage of each element to learn which on is bad. If you have a better way, let us know I'm the comments below. This method works on all electric water heaters for your home or business. AO Smith, State, GE, Rheem, Bradford White, Richmond, American, and any other electric water heater uses resistance elements. Checking amp draw is on of the best ways to check for a bad element and we'll show you how to do it. For more great info, check out our other videos on this channel or visit our webpage at www.CallSmedley.com