Change Heating Element Hot Water Heater

Some repair kits come with a socket that fits the heating element.

Change heating element hot water heater.

This video from sears partsdirect shows how to replace a broken heating element in some electric water heaters. Gas fired models have a burner at the base of the heater that warms water inside the tank. There s an upper element which is located. A typical electric water heater uses two heat.

This is the type we will be covering because they are the most common heating elements. Heating elements typically last for several years and hot water tanks outlast the elements. Slip a heating element wrench onto the element if your water heater has a screw in type element. A water heater element wrench also called an element tool is a specially designed socket that fits over the hex end of the element and has a hole in the other end that will accept the shaft of a screwdriver.

Insert the element tool over the element and turn it counter clockwise. Remove a screw in type heating element by turning the element counterclockwise with a socket wrench and 1 1 2 inch socket. Electric water heaters have 2 heating elements.