Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask
    thom1969's Avatar
    thom1969 Posts: 4, Reputation: 1
    New Member
    		  
    #1

    Jul 21, 2010, 08:18 AM
    Water heater wiring connection is burning
    I have a whirlpool electric water heater, I smelled something burning but it was for a couple of days , checked wire connection on heater and the red wire on heater was melting the wire nut, it did this when I first hooked it up about 2.5 3.5 yrs ago , I changed the wire nuts and no problems but now in did it again. Am I using correct connectors or is it the heater?
    thom1969's Avatar
    thom1969 Posts: 4, Reputation: 1
    New Member
    		  
    #2

    Jul 22, 2010, 05:59 AM

    Well after further searching , I found my problem, I didn't pay any attention to the type of wire that is in the house. The wire from breaker to the water heater is aluminum. I read one site that said do not connect copper to aluminum.
Not your question? Ask your question View similar questions
 

Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.


Check out some similar questions!

Water heater burning smell [ 16 Answers ]

I have a Whrilpool water heater that is only 3 years old. I noticed a burning smell and smoke coming from the panel on top. We opened it and found burnt wires. I called an electrician and he cut the wires back and put new caps. He said it was nothing to worry about and charged me 50 dollars. It is...

Hot water heater smells like burning plastic [ 2 Answers ]

Hello my hot water heater smells like burning plastic what do I need to do

Water Heater connection corrosion [ 24 Answers ]

We have a 5-year old home with a gas water heater. There is a lot of corrosive-looking material (rust colored flaky stuff :rolleyes: ) where the 3/4" copper house plumbing is connected to 2 steel or some other metal (not copper) pipes coming out of the water heater. I'm not sure that is very...

Cold water connection on water heater [ 1 Answers ]

I need to replace the dip tube on the water heater. There is no cold water shutoff on the heater itself, does it matter where I shut off the cold?I have two copper tubes going into the top of the heater,the hot has some kind of filter or something connected to it and it has a shutoff on that line....

Copper connection to hot water heater [ 1 Answers ]

Is it correct to connect water copper pipes directly ( without the dielectric coupling)to the hot water heater... thanks

View more questions Search