Change Heating Element Hot Water Heater

This is the type we will be covering because they are the most common heating elements.

Change heating element hot water heater.

Remove the gasket that seals the heating element to the water heater tank. Gas fired models have a burner at the base of the heater that warms water inside the tank. Heating elements typically last for several years and hot water tanks outlast the elements. Insert the element tool over the element and turn it counter clockwise.

This is a specialty tool with a wide mouth designed to fit over the element s nut in a tight space. Some repair kits come with a socket that fits the heating element. 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. There s an upper element which is located.

Remove a screw in type heating element by turning the element counterclockwise with a socket wrench and 1 1 2 inch socket. Slip a heating element wrench onto the element if your water heater has a screw in type element. Electric water heaters have 2 heating elements.