30 amp water heater breaker is hot

[jjonas (Jeffrey Jonas)]

Perhaps this older thread will shine a light from a different perspective…
(Recommend reading the entire thread from the beginning)…

Client Question About a Thermogram

You are much closer than I think you realize. Read my response to your first post carefully. I posted this because because it involves taking a different perspective than usual when performing infrared thermography on electrical equipment. It’s always more challenging to notice what is absent than what is present. Why does this AFCI device look different (Circuit loading is not a factor)?