How to Replace an Electric Water Heater Element | DON'T MAKE THIS MISTAKE 

If you learn from your mistakes, you have my respect. If you warn others about your mistakes, well that's 5 stars in my book!

I'm SO GLAD I FOUND THIS VIDEO damn have NO IDEA how much bad luck I've had lately. Judt a few things thet went bad in the past 2 weeks. My cv axel broke on my truck. Lost my job. Can't fix my truck due to no finances. They shut off my electricity for being 180 short. 5 days I had to electric at all my truck runs so I bought a converter to run my truck to power and charge things and atleast have a phone and fan so I wasn't roasting in 90 degree weather in nj. Other things are now happening including my hot water heater took a shit I can obviously see which one it is but I'm doing all of it. I just can't catch a break 😪 I seriously appreciate you takin the time to do this. Seriously. I would of done the same thing and went to flip the switch as it was filling. Thanks again brotha 😊

🤣🤣 I'm absolutely gonna laugh at you !! I'm also gonna give you respect for venturing out of your comfort zone and doing the work yourself. That being said, if you don't fail at anything, you don't learn anything, so keep learning and soon you'll know everything you need to ! Great video !!

Good stuff. Thanks

you can connect the electrical power before filling the tank, just don;t turn on the breaker. also, you can fill the tank before connecting the new elements so you can make sure they don;t leak. This will also prevent another dry burnout

I give you a thumbs up just for your watch. What a classic. Great taste brother.

Thank you thank you thank you!!!! After watching this video I realized that I too have made the same mistake. If it makes you feel better… I made it twice 😢. I’m going to attempt to get those freakin elements screwed in… But once I do, I’ll be sure to fill it before firing it up:) Seriously thank you. This is actually the first comment I’ve ever left in RU-vid… I’m really that thankful:)

Another way a dry-fire can occur is if there's an air pocket in the tank when the power is switched on. Perhaps your proactive and drain/flush the once a year or every couple years depending on the water quality to remove sediment buildup, and that's great and can extend the life of the tank. However when refilling the tank its important to open a hot water faucet, preferably the highest or farthest one from the heater until water flows steady without gusts of air, to be sure all the air is purged from the tank before restoring power.

Never open the t&p value if you're doing work on an older water heater as it tends to get slightly corroded over time and sticks open if messed with which will cause it to continually leak causing you to replace it as well.

Some electrical advice for you and others watching: Always check both phases of your circuit to ground. It's possible to get a false negative if you're just checking phase to phase. Also, you need a proper nm connector where it goes into the water heater or better yet use an armored flex cable with the proper fittings.

Just had to replace mine on my new water heater, when i wasn't home my water main broke and then a pipe under the house decided to freeze and also break draining my water tank. Such a fun surprise to come home to lol

Before you turn the electricity back on make sure you have cold water coming out of the hot tap!

Our professional plumber did it…training someone working for him…so don’t feel bad.

I just did the same thing! Uhhh!

2:25 Give it a quick twist and it comes right off... "UNLESS" your water heater has been in service for a couple years then that cheap screw driver assisted wrench you are demonstrating will just deform and twist out of shape.... at which point you have to buy a 1- 1/2" deep socket and use your impact driver.Your bottom element was spared because each element has its own thermostat, and only one element runs at a time. The top element turns on first to start the warming process. Once the water in the top half of the tank reaches the set temperature, the top element turns off, and the bottom element turns on to heat the rest of the water.

Those heating element wrenches are worthless.....had to buy a larger socket.

Bro I know this is completely off topic and has nothing to do with the video, but you look like the flash from the TV series...