EmjayMaine
New Member
I have a 6 month old Rheem RTE13 240V tankless water heater that worked fine with no issues. I no longer needed it so I gave it to my brother as he had to replace his 40 gal one. He plumbed it and wired it himself. He called me up to say that when he runs it as soon as there is demand the breaker trips. I asked a bunch of questions about the wiring to find out he wired it up to a 120V circuit instead of the required 240V. So he broke down and got an electrician to install a new 60 amp 240V dual pole breaker and new 6/2 wire. Now it all works fine but he says the lights flicker in the house when the water heater kicks on.
Is it possible the heater was damaged from running it on 120V? I never had any problems with it when I used it.
Thanks in advance,
Michael
Is it possible the heater was damaged from running it on 120V? I never had any problems with it when I used it.
Thanks in advance,
Michael