Put your meter in continuity or ohms ( U Inverted ) and when the meter leads are separeted reading must be Infinity or open line (OL) or zero. CHeck your Heater element , must give you a number, but no (OL), that will mean the element may be ok, check the termostat it must have two wires put the meter leads one in each wire ...must give you a # , but not (OL) if it fail move the setting all the way to max . temp. check again . also it must have a limit control 2 Wires ...do the same one meter lead to each wire , that is the trouble shoot for a failed part. the one that is open is the one that is not allowing power to pass .good luck.......some limits are manual reset and have a small push bottom.that closes the swich and allow the power to continue its path.

if i put probe on each end it reads 228 volts more i think about it im thinking it is probably the thermostat unit ??? i dont want any more cold showers lol. is there a way to test thermostat can i email u?

k heater (electric) was replaced because it leaked the one i replaced it with was one i had around for a while. prob is i hooked up and not working. multi meter read 114v on top element 0 on bottom ellement woundering also i have black n red wire from my tank and white and black from power box im lost can u plz help?

had the hot water heater question can someone plz help