Strip back the insulation the correct amount for an appropriate crimp connector.
Water heater thermostat burnt.
Thermostat burned up etcetera.
The pilot light will ignite your water heater s burner and if it goes out there is nothing to heat the water.
Using a continuity tester available from electrical supply houses place one test probe on each of the element terminals.
Your water heater will usually have directions on how to relight it.
Water heater smells like.
If this is beyond your expertise get an electrician to do it.
Cut out the overheated wire.
You can see if the pilot light is out by removing the cover of the water heater and inspecting the light.
What causes burned wires on electric water heater thermostat.
It had bared the red off the wire about 6in along it and also burnt the plastic cover.
Hj az a shorted element depending on where it is shorted would either cause the water to overheat and trip the eco or trip the circuit breaker but not overload the thermostat or its connections.
Remove the cover panel s from the front of the heater and then disconnect the wires from the heating element terminals.
The water heater is running 240 volt on 10 awg wire with a 30 amp breaker at the box which never tripped.
If the electrical contacts on the thermostat mounted outside the water heater are overheating the plastic parts around the switch may overheat and burn.
Finding the source of the leak will tell you where fault lies.
I have a 3 year old kenmore electric water heater.
After opening it up we discovered the red wire on the bottom element was burning.
To test for a burned out element first turn off all electrical power to the water heater.
Burning rubber or plastic if you smell burning rubber or burning plastic turn off the power source at the breaker first before trying to pinpoint the smell.
The lower thermostat melted i am not sure why just yet.
Thoroughly clean the bare wire ends of any coating or corrosion to bright copper and crimp the wire ends together tightly insulating the resulting connection with heat shrink tubing.
Keeping the hatch covers on tightly is good as it likely prevents much oxygen from getting to the fire snuffing it out.
When this happens the heating element will burn out prematurely after heating the water to excessive temperatures.
I need to go and buy a volt ohm meter to test the element.
Water came from somewhere possibly upper head weld caused corrosion and arcing of contacts inside thermostat.
