RESIDENTIAL GAS AND ELECTRIC WATER HEATER
SERVICE HANDBOOK
Residential Electric – continued
Testing The A-7 Wiring Circuit
Two elements
Two thermostats
Two high limits
Four wires
Prior To 1996 | Post 1995 |
Supply wiring may be a: (See Pages 25 and 27)
1.three wire, 3 phase circuit:
2.two wire, single phase circuit or
3.connection to an off peak meter or time clock.
This third, wiring system interrupts power to the lower thermostat during the designated time period but does not interrupt power to the upper thermostat.
If the consumer uses enough of the stored hot water to drop tank temperature at the top of the tank to call for upper element activation, then the upper element will reheat the upper third of the tank
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