@melodyhampton4503 well he did say it's a button lmao You push buttons to make them work, buttons on the remote, buttons on electronics, you car, your thermostat, hell maybe even the lock on your front door has buttons. Hope I helped enrich your life now that you know what to do with all those pesky, confusing, and up until now useless buttons in your life. 😂
Could this be caused by turning up the water temperature to much? Or a change of temperature where the hot water heated is located? Because it got decently cold for the first time in the basement and this happened.
Make sure the covers are not removed from the thermostat housings. If the covers are removed then it falsely cools the thermostats and makes them overheat the water.
I can reset the button run the hot water take a shower and all but then when I’m done and turn the water off the button pops out again, and I have to reset it again to take another shower the next day😕 do you think I could try and replacing the safety thermal button first and see if that fixes the problem? Looks pretty simple to order and replace. Thanks
@SmedleyPlumbing will just turning the temperature setting down a notch or 2 on both thermostats stop this button from popping? I replaced both upper and lower elements and thermostat no fix.. any suggestions?
@@g4orce703 set the temp to 120 and make sure the covers are back on with the insulation behind them. If the reset button still pops, then it's possible a stat is sticking in the on position so go ahead and replace the stats.
i have an older relative who had their thermostat and both elements changed out a week later they called to ask me some questions. sounds like their water has become consistently luke warm. I watched a couple of these videos to gain a little knowledge so I can try to help her out. Is it common that an element would burn out after a week and cause the reset to pop? I'm not sure if this is the issue or not but I'm trying to gain a bunch of knowledge before I go in
That can happen if they turned on the electricity to the water heater before the water heater was full of water. If you drive fire a water heater element it will burn the element up instantly.
@@SmedleyPlumbing thanks for the reply. Ill be able to test the elements when I go there. The other question I have is that they replaced the old elements (3800W-208V) with two new elements one (3500W-240V) and one (4500W-240V). they said the rating plate said you can use a 3800W for the top and a 5500W for the bottom element. If the 4500W element was installed on the top would that cause any issues? my relative doesn't know how to check which element is installed in what spot. I'm going to take a look when I go there. If the elements manage to be okay should I switch them so it goes in accordance with what the sticker says or is that not a concern?
On my water heater this area is all wet and when I try and reset the (red button) switch it gave me a sweet⚡️.... I think its time for a new water heater...😄
This happened to me what I found weird was in shower at got scolded always had it at same setting then few days later no hot water seen this video pushed the reset and started making noise so now I wait but why did it go like that weird temperature then shuts down
Those reset buttons should be eliminated. Once the overheat sensor opens up, there is a more serious problem happening. Maybe a leak has developed and the thermostat tries to catch-up, but never will. Fix the leak! Maybe the tank is full of sediment and it wants to keep applying heat. Then the resettable sensor goes open. There is a reason the sensor went open. Clear out the problem first before just resetting the button. Yes could be replacement of thermostat or heating element.
If you eliminate the red reset button then you eliminate the main safety that keeps the water heater from overheating. But yes you are correct. The solution is not to reset the reset button. The solution is defined the cause of why the reset button popped out to begin with.
Make sure the insulation is put back behind the thermostats and the protective covers are installed after that. If the thermostats are left exposed to the room temperature air then they will overcook the water every time.
You didn't tell people what the problem is and how to fix it. Most cases the thermostat is bad and not sending a signal to the heating element to stop heating the water.
