How To Reset Water Heater Thermostat

To be safe you can push the button with a screwdriver.

How to reset water heater thermostat. Press the reset button look at the button if it pushed outward it means the high limit switch has operated. To reset it you need to push the button. The first thing you have to do is unplug the cable to disconnect the electricity. If the button is lit up it means the switch tripped and needs to be reset.

Next find a metal plate which is held by screws. Again to prevent any future problems check the hot water temperature gauge. When you reset the top thermostat reset the bottom one as well by pushing the bottom thermostat button. When the button trips you reset it by pushing it in.

Only to be carried out by trained qualified personnel hello in this video i will be demonstrating how to reset the thermostat on a water heater. Some tanks have two thermostats and two reset buttons. Step 2 reset lower thermostat there is usually a second thermostat in your electric water heater. If so push that reset button as well.

Inside the metal plate you can find a button to reset the water heater. You reset the electric water heater reset button by pushing that red button. An electric water heater reset button is positioned above the thermostat which is behind a panel on the front of the tank.