Shoulda Known - Even The HOT WATER HEATER was Broke In The Trailer!

ladies and gentlemen we are back working on our mobile home and today we are going to work on the water eater a little bit I did not know this but we have recently discovered that sometimes we'll see if this time it counts but sometimes you can repair a hot water heater by replacing the elements in it and we're gonna replace the thermostats while we're at it just because it came with the kit so we were this hot water tank its tripping the breaker on the thermostat so there's two thermostats one up here and one down there this breaker is popping out which is like a high temperature switch and so because of that of course hot water tank is shutting off so what we think is happening is that the element one of the elements is shorted there's other videos you can see on YouTube about how to test them one of them is uh showing us really high resistance on it which doesn't seem like it to do anything wrong but it's also showing really high resistance between it and the ground on the tank so I think it's somehow shorted a little bit or something but whatever so the thing is staying on all the time apparently and it's heating the water up so high that eventually it blows the the breaker on it so we're going to swap these out we're gonna see how long it takes us to do it and when we were going to film it - in case you run into the problem yourself now don't do this if you're gonna sue me later okay we're just messing around I'm saying this is the best way to do it just saying this is the way we're going to do it do you understand the difference we're not instructing you how to do it we're just saying this the way we're doing this we're gonna see what happens here so this tanks kind of old but it's not rusted at all so sometimes you know the bottom of the tank will rust out and if it does that you got the trouble but this one the tank still looks good so we're going to try to just replace the elements and the thermostats so I went to loads and on the shelf clothes they sell this kit what do you think Donnie looks the sunny you think it looks insane but in there yet yeah last week looks like there's no way you took the elements out no alright so we got this it's a universal tune-up kit and that's what we need to do people we need to tune ours up don't we it's off key it keeps blowing the fuse the breaker see look there's a new breaker right there do you hear how bodies kind of impatient he's ready to get going alright so the first thing we have to do is we had to start draining the team so we have hooked the hot water I mean a water hose up to the bottom of the tank we have turned off the water to the tank and then and have you turned on okay so what we're going to alright so the first thing we're going to do is turn this one and see if it leaks all over the floor because you could have a problem where your where your freaking you'll need a tool Donnie unless you're feeling strong this morning let's see if Donnie stronger than I am yet all right Donnie has loosened it with a grunt you got it doing are we leaking whoa ruff you didn't lose them nothing don't do that you don't do what Donnie did apparently we were moving the wrong thing you got to spin the Middlewood screwdriver oh damn yeah we took the fitting off it's bad don't do that that's why I couldn't do it because I'm incapable of doing wrong okay so he wanted to get a screwdriver we'll see what happens we're going to time this and see how long it takes us to do it I'm thinking it's gonna go quick I'm thinking we'll have it done by the time the tanks during that's what I'm thinking you get it you got something or we spraying water everywhere yes we are yes okay we might need to tighten up the hose was that where was leaving yeah I just got it on there finger tight this is the same hose we used to make some concrete earlier today it's got a little residue on it need a pair of pliers yeah all right we'll be back once we get the water's boiling what'd you get going on are we leaking anywhere but out the water hose I think that's good ain't gonna bother nothing people that's the official that's the official opinion aid you turn on some hot water if there's any company if there's any rust or anything we're on the whales - the whale maintains 35 pounds of pressure we've got the whale turned off but it's sitting holding 35 pounds we got to run it down since we run it off it'll start draining on the song alright alright folks so I'm checking the voltage we've got the breaker off and I've got zero volts on this thing which means it's safe to work on so the first thing we're going to do is I want to swap out the thermostats because we're waiting on the tank to finish draining okay folks we pulled deal with one out as the new one looks very close to identical what do you think Johnny how are close to identical does that look to you it's pretty close buddy see I was a little bracket there it slides down in this clip here to 220 wires come in the top so here's this the hardest part getting the damn thing just far enough into the tank get in there at your home there we go alright so now we gotta hook it back up okay we got the top thermostat and now Bonnie's gonna try to take out the element it's an inch and a half socket they make a tool for this it was seven dollars I told Nani hey Donnie well I'm here would you like me to buy an inch and a half socket I think you found your extra water we're not drained yet people we got to keep draining I don't write folks so darn easily take the element out the top one he has loosened it up already look what they did look what they did darling well that's some redneck [ __ ] yep so that's definitely the problem people but do you see what happened Donnie it's too long so this is a mobile home that's a 30 gallon tank hold up the new one to that this people that make the kit women are smart enough to know that if they make it a little shorter it'll fit in the mobile home ones and the regular ones Amos cheaper to make but it was probably touching the other end of the tank or they've been it because they knew it was touching the other end of the thing okay now I stood on the end here it says I can get the focus for you oh man we're having focus problems here it says thirty-five hundred watt 208 volt or that says alternate rating here we go on this side forty-five hundred watt 240 volt so that's what we get that's what you got right honey yeah Mon says both kind of to make a mess we're pretty much done and you're except for this so this one says 4500 wat 240-volt I would say if it's a 208 volt it runs a 3500 watts I guess maybe and I guess they're both the same dummy so the tank appears to still be emptying so we're gonna lie to empty some more so hopefully it will get rid of enough water that we can do the bottom one showing your big socket honey you can buy this socket at the store whenever you buy the kit it's like seven bucks it's an inch and 1/2 socket those I called 90 and I said hey Donny would you like me to buy the niche and a half socket for seven dollars and what you say done how many inch and a half sockets do you believe you are gonna see okay so we got about six of them if anybody needs one just email us in the will have Donny hook you up okay folks we got the new element and got the new thermostat in got it wired back up I do not believe it matters on this element which wire you put where so you check with a plumber right if I find that to not be true I will update the video and I'm also thinking that element was so screwed up just thank the whole inside of the tank maybe like that mmm good alright so we're gonna put the little plastic cover back on it and put this all back together and then after it drains a little more we'll do the bottom here is bottom thermostat looks the same as this one sorry about the shaky quality of the video today very easy to wire up the bottom one so it's nowhere near as hard so I'm going to I'm gonna go ahead and swap it out same way take the wires loose pop it up out of this bracket put the new one in and then we'll that will let it drain a little bit more never will pop out this bottom element okay so we got the new lower thermostat in you can set over what you want I think the they advise that you they come from preset to 120 because it saves you some money and that's the bare minimum to keep bacteria dead or something like that so I turned it up at 1.5 just to be on the safe side I know the person that's a renting home doesn't have children so hopefully we won't have to worry about the anybody getting scalded or anything like that she's also a hairdresser so she likes hot water so we'll put it at 125 for now don't do that don't blow water everywhere we're watching alright we're going for it so the big the big question is are we gonna dump quite a second it's easy there's so much porn out you get a problem thank you about I think the deed is done Donnie my jalopy that's one way to do it and I'm sitting I was like oh you want me to take it out okay all right let's see though well I think it's because it was running so high you get like a bunch of buildup in the tank I think from the so we'll drain the rest of it hopefully get all that crap out of there look darn its cleaning hey put it right there see how I told y'all that water won't penetrate it won't even go in now if this was dog urine I think it would be the same all right folks we got our two elements and our two thermostats swapped I think we're going to keep draining and see if we can get let the last little bit of the water out hopefully get if there's any others build-up that's loose in there hopefully we'll come out and then we're gonna fill it back up and make sure we have nice hot water okay so we turn the water back on the tank and we've got the hot water turned on here trying to get all the air out of the tank what do you think Johnny how long will this do I don't know hopefully it ain't as long as we did the drain all right all the air is out of the line of the piers what does that mean done I mean that she must be fooled you think it's always full yeah that quick alrighty we're gonna shut this water heater we put the power back on everything seems cool Donnie is confident it's gonna start heating water here shortly wait yeah because this it stopped raining yeah when you pulled the the what's it called the element out yeah the water came with it which we didn't expect at all we didn't think that was going to happen when we started the water camp all right Millwall Donnie loves me walking but this should wrap up look at that I can't even tell her the hot water thank you that's kind of weird how they hide them in a mobile home but there it is so what do we have left to do then that's about it isn't yep all right so that's that folks don't do this yourself why shouldn't they do this themselves I mean are you going you and don't sit on the forward gonna do I told them that it don't do it so they can't sue us don't do it it's not recommended we're telling you don't do this what we did do not fix your water heater for $28 No don't do that that's all yes exactly dude do not fix your water heater for $28 No so tell us how wrong we are for doing this and leave your comments below and make sure to subscribe to my brother Donnie this is about the most boring thing he did all week so what what videos did you tell him this week 19 now they it's alright if they haven't seen him yet Willow will just mention him and they'll look out for him well and what in the condo there was a building we tore down he did a video on that okay what other videos did you do yes there was a wheelbarrow that was thrown away Donnie saved it that was the most dangerous that was more dangerous than tearing down the building he's playing with a blowtorch hitman or does it wasn't blowtorch it's a cutting torch yeah Nords rallied you tell Socorro all right so many more new videos coming soon people will ax will will get the filming Samoa you did the what was the one with the yet we did an update on the go oh yeah then I go to update all right so now we did the hot water tank so now we're going to go outside and do another we'll see you on that one folks leave your comments below make sure you like and subscribe give us a thumbs up fulfillment