Whirlpool 50 gallon energy smart electric water heater model ee2h50rd045v

Use this guide below to find the age of your Whirlpool Water Heater. For additional questions, comment below.

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Whirlpool Water Heater Age
What is the life expectancy of a Whirlpool water heater?
Did Whirlpool stop making water heaters?

Whirlpool Water Heater Age

The age of the water heater can be determined by reading the serial number. The serial number can be found on the label of the water heater. The serial number will always begin with 4 numbers.

Occasionally, there might be a letter after the first 4 digits, or there may just be a sequence of numbers. For the purpose of this blog, those numbers or letters do not matter.

The first two numbers are the year of manufacture. The following two numbers are the week of manufacture.

For more information on your WhirlPool Water Heaters, visit their website.

Concluding

Finding the age of your water heater is critical so you can understand the approximate life left on your Whirlpool water heater. If you have not already, check out our blog on water heater lifespan to find how many more years you could get from your water heater.

If you have additional questions or comments, be sure to comment below!

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Discussion Starter · #1 · Feb 2, 2009

My water heater (Whirlpool 50 gallon model #EE2H50RD045V) will not heat water, The green light stays on with no errors but you can hear the relays clicking every now and then. I watched my electric meter when I first turned the breaker on and you could see it speed up but after a couple of seconds it would slow back down indicating the heater was not working. I watched it a little longer and it would speed up for a couple of seconds and then slow back down. Could this be an element or the circuit board? I am leaning to the circuit board by the way it acts.

Joined Oct 1, 2008

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This is 220V or 220/115 on a double-pole breaker, right?
Make sure you have the correct voltage at the water heater.

I would also suspect the electronics, since you say you hear relays clicking every couple minutes and see power usage briefly, but I would always want to make sure I've got the proper power first.

Joined Jan 5, 2008

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Double check power with a meter first. After that call the tech support number on the front of the water heater. You probably have a bad board. I have a Whirlpool also, and had to put a board into it a year or two after I bought it, it had the same symtoms you describe. Tech support sent it to me free of charge.

Joined Sep 11, 2008

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Circuit boards in electric water heaters now? Sheesh, take something simple and make it complicated ....

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Circuit boards in electric water heaters now? Sheesh, take something simple and make it complicated ....

Exactly my thoughts! Why does anyone need electronics on a hot water heater? They have been working fine with old fashioned thermostats.
It's probably some "energy-saving" system.

With all the electronics in appliances today, I would seriously consider a whole-house surge suppressor. My C&H panel is made to accept one.

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I think they're already there<g>
There are toilets with heated seats. Probably use an electronic control.
Also, there are variable fill/flush toilets that allow for a short flush or a normal one; again, most likely electronics to control the valve.

I'm waiting for the electronic electrician's plier. It will tell you whether or not you have live wires just as you are about to cut them! Now, that might be a useful invention<g>

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I think they're already there<g>
There are toilets with heated seats. Probably use an electronic control.
Also, there are variable fill/flush toilets that allow for a short flush or a normal one; again, most likely electronics to control the valve.
I'm waiting for the electronic electrician's plier. It will tell you whether or not you have live wires just as you are about to cut them! Now, that might be a useful invention<g>
FW

Close enough?
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What is the life expectancy of a Whirlpool water heater?

With regular inspection, draining, and flushing, you can expect a gas water heater to last anywhere from 8-12 years and an electric water heater to last anywhere from 10-15 years.

Did Whirlpool stop making water heaters?

Update: Whirlpool no longer sells residential water heaters. Since they were previously manufactured by A.O. Smith, please see our review of A.O. Smith for models we currently recommend.

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