So 3 days ago I woke up to no hot water. We have an electric Richmond water heater. First thing I did was take the panels off and hit the reset button. Nothing. Since it'd been many years since anyone has done any kind of maintenance on it, I decided it had probably been running on one element for a while now, we'd only really get 20 mins of hot water tops in the shower. So I drain and replace. I don't know how I ended up putting different elements than what came out, some confused advice from a guy at menards, but anyway I took out two discussing 3500w 208v elements and replaced them with a 120v 2000w element on the top, and a 240v 4500w element on the bottom. After making sure the tank was full I switched back on the electricity and waited for an hour or so, the water was still very cold. Now this is the embarrassing part, now, and only now was when I checked the fuse, which had blown. I replaced it for an identical one and for the first time (I just learned how to) checked the voltages over the elements. Having one wire grounded and the other either side of both elements it read 120v all 4 times. Satisfied that it was working, I left it for a while, but still not hot water, not even slightly warm. I have a very basic knowledge of electricity, and DIY in general. I googled the crap out of everything, but can't seem to find an answer. Additional info: 40gal tank, we're up in MN so the water is coming in VERY cold. I have a multimeter at hand but don't really know how to use it too well. Please any advice, the only thing I can think of is having two elements with differing voltages is not making it work?

Hi all. We recently had our old panel upgraded to a new 200 amp panel. There were never any original ground rods and I've redone all our plumbing to pex, except where the plumbing enters the house. Here is what I assume and here are my questions: I assume I need to run #4 bare copper to the metal plumbing that enters the crawl space. My question is about placement of the ground rods. Right outside my panel is the driveway and I would like to install the ground rods there if possible but I have 8' rods. Do they need to be completely buried into the soil or should the head be sticking up past the concrete? The closest place without concrete right up to the foundation is about 30' away. Perhaps this is preferable to just insall them 30' away and run the ground wire through the crawl space. Again, does the head need to be submerged or sticking up for inspection purposes? Thanks, Justin