Originally Posted By: CROWNVIC4LIFE
Sorry its on a 120 circuit...It was really meant to be on a 220.
If this is true that it needs to be fixed ASAP. That would mean it's NOT up to code and whoever installed it did it wrong/illegally. This would be extremely dangerous. If every condo is hooked up this way then you're living in a death trap.
Are you sure you aren't confusing it with a 220v plug? (more likely 208v in a place like that) Some of the old style 220 plugs look very very much like a 110v plug, that's why they changed the standard a few years ago to get rid of the confusion.
And yeah, any water heater installed in the 90s at least, MUST be installed and plumbed in such a way that if the water leaks, it will harmlessly flow into a drain, rather than ruining a condo.