Older cabin purchased last year.... still fixing some things the previous owner neglected. The hot water heater has worked fine until a few weeks ago. Now the breaker trips about every 2-3 days. In between, it works fine. It's an electric model and I believe it says 2006 on it. It's on a 30 amp circuit.
My first thought is that maybe the circuit breaker is weak. This is a weekend getaway and when we're not there, we turn off the water and turn off the breaker on the water heater. Maybe the off-on-off-on weakened the spring in the breaker?
Beyond that, do I have any alternatives other than new water heater?