Immersion Heater Thermostat Reset Button
Ok but then what s causing the water in your water heater to get so hot.
Immersion heater thermostat reset button. Your water heater reset button is a safety device that shuts off power to your water heater when the water temperature inside it exceeds 180 degrees fahrenheit. I imagine all this can be is a separate thermostat from the adjustable one with a single upper. There may also be a lower thermostat reset button on the water heater. Immersion fitted in november and worked fine until a week or so ago at which point i found no hot water and the button up.
If the button is lit up it means the switch tripped and needs to be reset. The reset button is also sometimes referred to as the eco emergency cut off switch or high limit safety thermostat switch. Simply press the switch usually red in color to reset it. It gets tripped when the water temperature is in excess of that limit.
I reset it to get a bath but a couple of days later it was up again and so on until now. This tripping protects you from getting scalded or burned when using hot water in your home. When the water temperature in your water heater exceeds 180 the red reset button also known as the high limit switch trips. This is called the high limit thermostat that makes sure the water does not get too hot.
There are a few types of problems that can cause your water heater to overheat the water in the tank and when that happens the emergency cut off eco kicks in to shut down the appliance completely. The most likely cause is a bad thermostat. Step 1 reset the button. To reset it you ll need to press the red reset button on the eco which is usually attached to the upper thermostat.