Change Heating Element Hot Water Heater

Preparing to change your water heater s heating element heating element style.

Change heating element hot water heater.

Heating elements typically last for several years and hot water tanks outlast the elements. Electric water heaters have 2 heating elements. A typical electric water heater uses two heat. Remove the gasket that seals the heating element to the water heater tank.

Slip a heating element wrench onto the element if your water heater has a screw in type element. This video from sears partsdirect shows how to replace a broken heating element in some electric water heaters. This is a specialty tool with a wide mouth designed to fit over the element s nut in a tight space. Some repair kits come with a socket that fits the heating element.

Remove a screw in type heating element by turning the element counterclockwise with a socket wrench and 1 1 2 inch socket. 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. Gas fired models have a burner at the base of the heater that warms water inside the tank.