Change Heating Element Hot Water Heater

Electric water heaters have 2 heating elements.

Change heating element hot water heater.

Insert the element tool over the element and turn it counter clockwise. Preparing to change your water heater s heating element heating element style. This video from sears partsdirect shows how to replace a broken heating element in some electric water heaters. Remove a screw in type heating element by turning the element counterclockwise with a socket wrench and 1 1 2 inch socket.

Remove the gasket that seals the heating element to the water heater tank. 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. Slip a heating element wrench onto the element if your water heater has a screw in type element. Gas fired models have a burner at the base of the heater that warms water inside the tank.

Some repair kits come with a socket that fits the heating element. Heating elements typically last for several years and hot water tanks outlast the elements. A typical electric water heater uses two heat.