Recent content by troydavin

Thanks for your help. One more question. According to Rheem, my heating elements are resistored "to help prolong tank life". My local plumbing store doesn't have "resistored" elements. Should I care?

Its' at my cabin so I don't have access right now but I didn't change the thermostat. I should have mentioned that it took 13hrs to get the water luke warm (normally its hot in an hour). In that case could it be a damaged element that isn't working effectively? The element would have been on...

I made the mistake of turning on both the water pump and heater simultaneous with a drained heater. The elements would have been fired up while the water was being added to the tank. Needless to say the tank will not heat up beyond warm. I'm assuming I broke either one or both of the...