Recent content by Chrisfol82

Thanks, read through the thread, seems like a completely different failure than mine. I took it apart today and there are 6 capacitors on the board, all of which were completely burned up. Looks like they were really the only component that went bad. I had a spare unit that i had sent back...

The elements were replaced in the repaired unit, the heater was never in for much over a year before it failed so i never got to cleaning it with vinegar but i do have the hookups for circulating it through to clean. It is copper wire, the connections all look fine, its all dirty smoke residue...

I have a Steibel Eltron Tempra 24 electric on demand water heater. It has always worked well when it has worked but I have had three failures now. Each seems to have been the same and related to when I have had a power outage. I have had many power outages with no problem to the unit but...