Bradford White Electric Water Heater Troubleshooting

No Hot Water

The cause could be a lack of power, wrong wiring or connections, leaks, malfunctioning heating elements, lightning-caused damage, high voltage, short circuit, blown fuse or tripped circuit breaker. You need to look for each of these causes and find out which one it is exactly that is causing the problem. You need to attend to what is amiss and repair what needs to be fixed. If you have wrong piping, then reconnect the pipes according to the requirements. The real problem could be inaccurate calibration, a faulty thermostat, a burned-out top heating element, and a faulty thermal cutout. These will need replacing.

Insufficient Hot Water

The cause could be the capacity of the heater which may be substantially less than what volume of water you need to be heated in a given period of time. Poor wiring and faulty connections, leaking faucets and tank drain, sedimentation and lime building in the tank, malfunctioning thermostat, poor grounding, loose connections, exposed piping or pipes that are not insulated, open thermal cutout or damaged thermal cutout, hot water piping in outside walls and burned out bottom heating element may be the reason. You may have more than one reason. Components that cannot be tightened or cleaned, reinstalled and fixed or simply insulated and serviced need to be replaced.