Bathed 4 of my dogs today... thought I had just used all the hot water so I waited an hour to take my shower... no hot water.... that was over 4 hrs. ago... still no hot water.... checked breaker.... then reset button.... still no hat water..... this water heater is in a manufactured home and is 9 yrs. old. ..... just had my pump & motor changed out in my well and water leak repaired under house last week ... but have had hot water since then......
Press the reset button located on upper thermostat
Following link has troubleshoot for electric water heater
http://waterheatertimer.org/How-to-troubleshoot-electric-problems-with-water-heater.html
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SOURCE: Electric Water Heater Using Too Much Electric.
Maybe you want to think about getting a tankless heater.The gad unit works real good.But the electric water heater i want to think you should check the thermostate.Maybe it is struck and not cutting off every time.
SOURCE: Hot water does not last long.
probably has a bad heating element. May be a little limed up also. Drain the heater and replace the elements. Take a special tool to remove and replace the elements. ( fairly cheap) You can probably get the elements and parts at a good hardware store. The people at the store probably will explain to you how to replace them. Feedback please if this was of help
SOURCE: Rheem 50 Gal two 4500W heating element - not enough hot water
one element is off peak and one is boost could be thermostat or ripple controller in fuse box or one dead element
Testimonial: "It is very good advice. I bought a tester to check out both upper and lowre thermostat and heating element; I've replaced the lower heating element "
SOURCE: New Rheem electric 50 gallon not heating
Check the elements, if you have access to a meter to check them. If they are getting power to elements and you have no hot water.
The elements are not working correctly. I had some elements check out ok till the thermostat's turned on and the elements didn't heat.
Sounds like the elements are bad.
Testimonial: "Thank you for the information. What if the elements are good?"
SOURCE: I have a GE hot water heater, SE40M12AA01, dual
1) You posted under Rheem-GE electric water heater.
If upper element is burned out, then water heater will not heat any water.
http://waterheatertimer.org/How-it-works.html
2) Replace upper element:
http://waterheatertimer.org/How-to-replace-water-heater-element.html
3) Open following link for complete troubleshoot:
This troubleshoot assumes you have standard thermostats and elements.
http://waterheatertimer.org/How-to-troubleshoot-electric-problems-with-water-heater.html
4) Manuals and links. I do not see 'smart lights' in the manual.
http://products.geappliances.com/ApplProducts/html/GEAResults.htm#Category=Standard_Water_Heaters
Troubleshooting starts page 15.
http://products.geappliances.com/MarketingObjectRetrieval/Dispatcher?RequestType=PDF&Name=AP12168-7%20%28GE%20Elec%29.pdf
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