2006 Reliance 606 dampen electric fire voltage check? When I check the voltage at the lower element
When I check the voltage at the lower element it read on 1 terminal 120 volt to ground and the same on the other terminal, but when I check terminal to terminal it read 0 volts. I am wondering if my lower element is working. I own checked the continuity with the component disconnected and that checks ok. There is voltage to the lower thermostat (120 volts) going in and out. The upper thing reads 240 volts terminal to terminal.
Any serve will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Answers:
The best way to check the thing is with a resistance reading. Disconnect the factor from the circuit. Hook up your meter set to OHMS and probe both terminal at the same time. A markedly high reading would indicate a blemished element as it is roughly nothing more than a coil of flex. If your meter is autoranging and goes into Mega Ohms compass then the constituent is definately faulty. Hope this help It sounds like your upper factor might be bad. If you read 240 VAC across the upper thing, that means it have voltage applied and it should be heating the sea. If it's not heating the river then the component is open and wishes to be replaced. If you check across the thermostat in this casing, the voltage should read zero. When the thermostat is stale you should read 240 across it and zero across the component.
As far as the lower element, the reading are normal for when the thermostat is past its sell-by date. The thermostat should show 240 volts across it. With the thermostat off at hand will be no voltage drop across the element and you would read zilch volts. Lets see if I can do this with record.
A 240 circuit is two 120 volt circuits added together. These two circuits are at each cessation below. If the thermostat is open you will read one of the 120 volt circuits through the constituent up to the open thermostat if you check to ground. On the other side of the thermostat you will read the other 120 volt circuit to ground. At this point the constituent will look like a piece of cable because of the open thermostat. If the thermostat is closed you will read 120 volts to ground on both sides of the constituent. Across the element you will read 240 volts.
120VAC---open thermostat---element---120VAC
________^----240 volts-----^_^0 volts^
120VAC---closed thermostat---element-----120VAC
________ ^------0 volts--------^_^240volts^
I hope this comes through. Sometimes the spacing go away. I had to put within some underlines to profess the spacing.