How do I adjust the temperature on my electric water heater

How do I adjust the temperature on my electric water heater - A master plumber explains!

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Smedley Plumbing

Күн бұрын

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@michaelmatuszak6319 22 күн бұрын

Thank you! Was able to adjust mine without issue

@SmedleyPlumbing 22 күн бұрын

Glad it helped!

@eddiecedillos8417 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the informative video. Please keep ‘em coming

@SmedleyPlumbing 5 ай бұрын

Will do!

@What-go8ng Ай бұрын

Solid video, thanks! Should the output water match your U/L theromstats and if they don't does that suggest a problem with your water heater or pipe insulation? Mine currently is set at 135F and the water output is roughly 110F.

@SmedleyPlumbing Ай бұрын

It's kind of relative. The settings are a close guess but they will usually be off a bit from what you get at the faucet.

@dannyzuehlsdorf3697 5 ай бұрын

So there's no power switch on the water heater? You have to turn it off at the breaker before adjusting?

@SmedleyPlumbing 5 ай бұрын

Typically yes

@dannyzuehlsdorf3697 5 ай бұрын

@@SmedleyPlumbing okay! Thank you for your response and for the video.

@sarawright6781 4 ай бұрын

If i want to set it to vacation mode, do i turn the white dial counterclockwise? Going away for a week.

@SmedleyPlumbing 4 ай бұрын

Just leave it alone. Your water heater doesn't cost much at all to sit there idle.

@GoblinKing0 5 ай бұрын

Great video, a big help to a dum dum like me. I knew the water in my apt was super hot, and I just found out that it was set to about 150! So i lowered it down to around 120. However, I noticed that my bottom gauge doesn't have any insulation at all. Is there somewhere I can buy replacement insulation? Could I use regular Styrofoam, or is that dangerous? Thank you for your help!

@GoblinKing0 5 ай бұрын

I'm also thinking perhaps something like this could work: www.homedepot.com/p/Knauf-Insulation-R-6-7-EcoRoll-Unfaced-Multi-Purpose-Insulation-Roll-2-in-x-16-in-x-48-in-660819/309951681 And I'll just adjust the insulation to fit. However, now I'm learning about and looking into R Values to make sure this would be acceptable, since it seems low.

@SmedleyPlumbing 5 ай бұрын

You can just used any fiberglass insulation. Just don't pack it in there too tightly.

@GoblinKing0 5 ай бұрын

@@SmedleyPlumbing Thanks pal!

@rhiannondom3538 Ай бұрын

Wby cant i see the replys to these good questions??? Grrr

@TheFrogfeeder 3 ай бұрын

Hey buddy, So I just replaced my 2014 50g electric Rheem, with the same exact updated model… the big yellow efficiency sticker says $489/year, which is almost $120 less than the same sticker on the old unit… putting the actual price paid for electricity aside, I’m assuming that estimated low number is for the factory setting right? The new one has both top and bottom set to 100 degrees, the old water heater would scald you at full hot(i just bought this house last year, former owners had it turned way up) which sucked, but I’m thinking 100 is not enough… anyways, is there any formula to calculate the increased power consumption from 100 to say 125? I live in California where power is outrageously expensive right now so every kWh I can save helps…

@SmedleyPlumbing 3 ай бұрын

We always set them to about 120°. But also those stickers are wildly inaccurate. They don't know what your rates are. My rates are $0.05/kwh and yours are likely over $0.45/kwh. So there's no way those stickers could be accurate.

@TheFrogfeeder 3 ай бұрын

@@SmedleyPlumbing that was quick man thanks. Yeah the sticker estimates at $0.14/kwh, and I do realize that my actual numbers will be different than the sticker based on my rates. I guess what I’m trying to figure out is, not so much dollar amounts right now but the percentage of increase in power consumption, like changing it from 100 to 120 degrees makes it run 40% longer or 3 times as long or 10 times more often in a 24hr period… Does that make sense? I’ve never paid attention to it, but my pge bill is always high and now that the sticker made me think about it, I think a lot of it was because the old WH was turned up so high. I guess I need to get on pge website, they probably have calculators and such to plug numbers into… but thanks for your time man, really appreciate it

@TheFrogfeeder 3 ай бұрын

@@SmedleyPlumbing I subbed for ya

@Bloom0to9 24 күн бұрын

Thank you. I only have 1 adjuster on my tank and it only goes down to 140 🤔

@SmedleyPlumbing 22 күн бұрын

Sounds like you might have a commercial unit or a boiler

@FARMERJARED14 10 ай бұрын

What kind of multimeter is that brand etc?

@SmedleyPlumbing 10 ай бұрын

UEi DL369 Digital Clamp Meter HVAC Auto-Ranging 4000 Counts Volt Meter AC Amp Meter Measures AC Current AC/DC Voltage & Microamps Capacitance Resistance Diodes NCV Continuity Tester Live Wire Test a.co/d/iT3LhG3