Call Us for Quote  (913) 432-3721  Water Heaters keeps tripping
breaker  One of the common calls that our plumbers get is an
electric water heater that has turned off due to a circuit
breaker tripping. There can be several reasons that water
heaters will cause a breaker to trip. The most common is due to
an electrical short either inside the water heater core wiring
or inside one of the heating elements. If you have an old tank
that is showing corrosion or lime near the top it probably makes
more sense to just replace the entire unit.  Most of the time
that an electric water heater stops working it can be repaired
by replacing one or more of the heating elements. This is
something that can be dangerous if you don’t know what your are
doing so it’s best to call a plumber or electrician to assist
with your problem. 9 out of 10 times when a heating element goes
bad it does not cause a short that trips the breaker.  When you
have a water heater that keeps tripping the circuit breaker the
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