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Thank you for that information, I will definitely check it again soon then!

Ahhhh, I see. Okay, thanks for that info. And once again, thank you all for your help. I really needed it and I do appreciate it

Oh, that video makes it look easy. Okay, sounds good, I will go ahead and do that then. It was mentioned that I should use grey wirenuts. What does the grey color designate? Like, what's the difference between grey or yellow wire nuts? And just took a hot shower, finally, last night...

Yep, I tested both thermostats and they seemed to check out fine. Both were getting proper voltages. Yeah, the relief valves doesn't seem to be spraying water at all. The whistling sound has stopped also. Thanks for the kind words neal. I did try twisting the wires together before using...

Hey guys, just saw your posts after I reinstalled the new breaker. I went to the store, got an Eaton 30 amp double pole breaker and installed it. I put everything back together, I removed the new thermostat and re-installed the old thermostat (no need to use the new one if the old one wasn't...

Perfect! Going to go get one right now!

Okay, thanks guys. I decided to take some photos for your guys' viewing pleasure. It was definitely an issue around here. Look at the breaker, it is burned up on the side that I could not get a reading out of. There is a bit of burn marks and dust, that I just blew off a bit inside the panel...

Okay, I'll remove it right now and see if I can find an exact replacement locally. Hope I don't have to order it online as I want to have it fixed as soon as possible and don't want to wait for it in the mail. I miss my hot showers lol. Thanks so much for your help thus far, much appreciated.

Okay that makes sense then, then it is most likely a bad breaker. To answer your question, with the breaker in and turned on, when I measure between the two screws (or lugs or whatever they are called) that are on the water heater breaker, I get like 149 volts. When I touch each screw to the...

Okay, thanks beachguy. But one concern before I change the breaker is this: I realized when I remove the wires from the actual water heater breaker, and then test across the wires themselves, I also get 0 volts. If I then test each wire to the neutral bar, I also get 0 volts. If I put the...

Okay, I walked around my building, I think I found the only things that looked like they could be related to that. I've attached photos of them. Do any of these look like they could be what you are talking about? Also, if I'm careful, and wear electrical gloves, shouldn't I be able to be...

The only other panel in my place is a panel for the telephone. I live in condominiums and we are attached to several other uinits. So maybe my unit does not have a main panel? I can't find a panel anywhere else in my place besides the panel for the telephone.

(Some of my photos are posting sideways, I'm not sure why, but hope you guys can make things out) Hey guys, thanks again for your replies. I am finally getting somewhere I think. I took off the panel at my breaker, I was wearing Salisbury elecrtrical gloves rated at 500 volts for added...

Okay, just cleaned off the ends with steel wool and re-tested. I kind of twisted the black wires together at their ends, and the red wires the same, then tested across them... and got basically -1 to 1 volts. I then separated them, and tested each wire by placing one lead on the wire and one...

Okay, thanks for the help. I went ahead and took off the cover to the j-box and saw that it was really rusty in there. I've attached photos for you to see. I then stuck the leads into each wire nut and was unable to get any reading. I then took off the wire nuts, tested across the wires, and...

Okay, I did replace the upper thermostat today and unfortunately, that did not fix the problem. I'm a bit confused by this. I am able to get 120 volts on the lower thermostat, which would mean I would think that my water heater is getting power and there is no need to mess with testing anything...

Okay, I finally got somewhere, thanks for the replies guys. The reason I could not get the 240v reading from the dryer outlet is because those leads are just not long enough because those plastic handles prevent them from going deepn enough into the outlet. This multimeter is pretty cheap, so...

Okay, I just did that and no matter what I do it still gives me 0v. And that dryer outlet works too, I'm actually drying some laundry right now after I just did the tests you mentioned. I've attached pictures to show you what I did, and all of them showed 0v. When you say that the HV...

Okay, I normally use two hands and wiggle each lead around, but for the sake of the photo I was just trying to show what I was doing so I used one hand only and the other hand to take the photo. And I still get 0 v.

Yeah, I'll even post a pic of it and show you what I am doing. It's so weird. Give me one sec