Electrician help needed.

[Alien5]

Cut the Blue wire

[JPaul]

I know nothing about electricals so I'm confident in saying that there's a short, leading to a lower resistance than there should be and therefore a higher current. This is causing the circuit breaker to deploy in order to avoid your house burning down.

In short (see what I did there) the element needs replaced.

[JPaul]

I made all of that up btw.

[j2k4]

I'd think a 16-amp circuit would be marginal for an electric water heater to begin with.

That said, the heater ought to be on it's own circuit with no other draw.

The heater also appears to be an antique.

I expect it's fucked.

You should artfully exploit the virtues of grubbiness in order to procure fundage for a replacement.

[tesco]

What is the rating on the boiler? (amps)

It looks like you can replace the element rather than having to replace the whole boiler.
Should save you a lot of money...

[Skweeky]

Funny, the same happened to us last week. Turned out the boiler was tripping itself because the pressure inside was up too high. Have you checked if the boiler is at all the right settings?

[clocker]

Hot water is for sissies.
Go green (during winter, more likely "blue"), reduce your carbon footprint and use cold water for everything.

The pandas will thank you.

[JPaul]

That said, the heater ought to be on it's own circuit...

I thought that as well.

[tesco]

I will try by connecting a new cord.

No update, I hope he didn't gho "zzzzzz"

[JPaul]

:harsh:

Red to black, black to red and blew to fuck.