How to Clean Water Heater Thermocouple

This article explains how to clean water heater thermocouple. The first thing you must understand is that water heaters are designed in a way to use an electrical charge to transfer heat from the input of the heat pump to the output of the water heater. This transfer is not a constant one as the device gradually uses more electricity to do the job and the process slows down as the device heats water. A thermocouple is the part of the water heater that measures the temperature of the surrounding air and this measurement is important for the thermostat.