Hey all,
Was wondering if anyone has seen this before. I've linked to a pic of the electrical connections in my water heater. Smelled a plastic-burning smell earlier in the day, but couldn't trace it. Noticed the water heater had stopped heating later in the day and reset it. The plastic-burning smell returned immediately so I shut off power and pulled the cover to the thermostat since I couldn't see anything else. The picture is what I found: the wire insulation melted severely around the reset switch. I also realized that neither switch was attached with the little nuts so they were loose in there. Wondering if it might have touched something and shorted or if this is a sign of something else?
Newbie full-timer here, so any help is appreciated. We're in a 2011 Mountaineer 295RKD.
Many thanks!
URL to the pic:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1epE...ew?usp=sharing