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Old 01-24-2007, 09:40 PM   #1
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Electric Water Heater Problems


What would cause a electric water heater to keep tripping the breaker?

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Old 01-25-2007, 08:12 AM   #2
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Could be a couple different things, but nine times out of ten it would be a bad element.
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Could be a bad circuit breaker.
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Thanks for the replies. I'll check it out.
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