Replace the heat element in a water heater or clothes dryer - PEP BB electricity.sand.element

Mar 30, 2020 18:29:02

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Electricity.

In this Badge Bit, you will replace a heater element for a water heater or clothes dryer. Note: dish washers aren't a part of this BB since if you're washing by hand and using your washing machine as a drying rack, the element isn't needed anyway.

Here's a video of a guy changing a water heater element without draining the tank. Sweet!

And here's one of a clothes washing machine. Looks like a challenge, maybe washing by hand isn't so bad after all:

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- replace the element on a clothes washer or water heater

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
- the machine you're starting with and the new element
- the project midway through
- the reassembled machine and the old element

Nov 19, 2021 04:40:34

I am constantly changing electric oven elements. Is that an appliance that would get a passing grade for this bb?

Nov 19, 2021 06:32:56

I'm afraid not. At least not how the BB is currently written.

Nov 19, 2021 06:36:19

No dramas. Thanks, Mike

gir bot · Apr 28, 2025 20:07:20

Our dryers heater element stopped working. It also squeaked SUPER badly. So I ordered both the heater element and the bearings replacement kit and took apart the whole dang thing. The heater assembly was so full of lint! And two of the bearings weren't spinning anymore.

I'm totally surprised everything worked when I put it back together the first time! Yay!

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