Electric Hot Water Heater Repairs

Before you give us call about a fault with your electric water heater, why not see what might be the problem and let us know what you think while we’re on our way. This article will go through the easier to spot and fix, faults, from no hot water to the water being too hot. However, if your water heater is leaking put a bucket or container underneath the leak to catch the water and give us a call straight away.

Please be careful and follow all safety rules when trying to find or fix faults with your water heater. Make sure you test a multimeter on an outlet that is working, to make sure the multimeter is working before turn off all the power. Check again with the multimeter to clarify that all the power is off.

No Hot Water

If you are getting no hot water, it’s worth checking the fuse box to ensure the water heater hasn’t tripped a fuse. If the fuse that controls the water heater has been tripped switch it back to its original position. Additionally, some water heaters have more than one switche in the fuse box, the immersion heaters may be on a different circuit and could have switched off but the water heater would have continued to work. Typically, electric water heaters have reset buttons or limit switches that are accessible on the water heater itself, which you attempt to reset the water heater, effectively turning it off and on again. With the mutimeter check the upper thermostat and immersion heater, to see if they are the problem.

Not a lot of Hot Water

Have you had an extra addition to the household recently, or are your family members taking longer showers than before If the hot water seems to be of short supply, it may be that the water heater is smaller than you need. Water heater operate with the tank 75% full, and many modern apartments come with water heaters with smaller capacities. Additionally, you can set the temperature to a higher temperature, however keep in mind that the higher the temperature the more energy is being used to heat the tank. At EasyFlow we recommend changing the temperature to balanced 65oC. This time check both immersion heaters and thermostats with the multimeter. It is worth checking the there is no loose wiring but make sure you can see what you are touching or you might get a shock, and it could be fatal.

Too much Hot Water

On the other hand, if the water is too hot, try turning the temperature down and save on your energy bills. If you have changed the temperature to 65C but it’s still too hot, the Thermostat may have become loose and is no longer reading an accurate temperature. Tighten accordingly or change the temperature to what best for you and make a note of the loosened thermostat for the future. Furthermore, if the relief valve is sporadically releasing large amounts of water changing the temperature down may solve this issue yet call EasyFlow as this may be a sign of a serious fault. On this occasion use the multimeter to check for a grounded immersion heater and to check the thermostat’s function.

Hot water taking a long time to recover

If your partner or another occupant of the house has just had a bath and the hot water is taking a longer time than usually to recover to its usual temperature this may happen because the temperature has been changed. Changing the temperature of the water heater will influence the temperature of all the other water outlets in the house. If the issue comes from one water outlet there is a possibility that the issue is with that individual outlet. EasyFlow can recommend other companies to help fix these problems. Clarify that both the immersion heaters and thermostats are working and double check the wired connections that you can see, never feel blindly for loose wires.

It’s time to call EasyFlow

If you’re still reading this and you’re not happy with the way your electric hot water heater is performing, now is the time to call EasyFlow, our engineers will be able to use your findings to solve the problem and get your electric water heater in good working condition. If the water heater is showing signs of leaking or the electric water heater breaker keeps tripping it’s even more important to call EasyFlow as these are signs of issues that need a qualitied engineer to fix.

Contact EasyFlow

At EasyFlow, we offer maintenance and repair services for all electric unvented water cylinders and electric boilers. We charge a call out fee to identify faults, and will then submit a full quote for the necessary repairs. If you choose to accept our quote, we will reimburse a portion of the initial callout fee. For more information on charges and set price repair work, see our pricing page. We also offer an annual service package that helps ensure that preventative maintenance takes place, eliminating the need for many repairs.

EasyFlow is a Country and Town Limited Service and we provide unvented water cylinder repair and maintenance service in Manchester and Liverpool.