A word to the, as yet uneducated, on the school of applying voltage to a
heating element not surrounded by water. Service life on the element so
exposed, is measured in seconds, not years. They burn out almost
immediately when the tank is empty, and you turn them on. No arcing or
noise. They just go open circuit, never to be used again.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Sat, May 9, 2020, 12:13 PM Matt Colie via Gmclist <
> > I'm puzzled.
> >
> > I have a 75 Avion with electric and engine water - water heater.
> Exchanger works but not the electric. I changed the probe, verified the
> 110, at
> > the
> > probe. How can it not work? Weak ground? I'm lost here.
> >
> > Dean Hanson
> > Fremont, Ca.
>
> Dean,
>
> If you have power at the heater and it is not heating, then the heating
> element is probably open. If you disconnect the power and measure it as
> resistance, you should get a low number like in the teens when cold. If
> that is not what you see, come back and someone will tell you the right
> element to put in there.
>
> Matt
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