Change Heating Element Hot Water Heater

Remove a screw in type heating element by turning the element counterclockwise with a socket wrench and 1 1 2 inch socket.

Change heating element hot water heater.

Slip a heating element wrench onto the element if your water heater has a screw in type element. Insert the element tool over the element and turn it counter clockwise. 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. Electric water heaters have 2 heating elements.

Some repair kits come with a socket that fits the heating element. Preparing to change your water heater s heating element heating element style. Heating elements typically last for several years and hot water tanks outlast the elements. This is the type we will be covering because they are the most common heating elements.

Gas fired models have a burner at the base of the heater that warms water inside the tank. This video from sears partsdirect shows how to replace a broken heating element in some electric water heaters. A typical electric water heater uses two heat.