shop hot water tank not working

[facial]

Hi all.....I have a 6.5 gallon hot water tank that I installed in my shop bathroom. The tank is only a few months old and used for the hot water side of the sink faucet only. My house is on a well. I use the faucet once every couple of weeks and when I do the hot side spits air for 10 seconds or so and the water is a light shade of brown. Tonight I turned the water on and it never even got hot. The cold side is not brownish but it does spit some air for a few seconds and then is good. I cycled the power to the tank and turned the pressure valve on a few times....didn't seem to help any.

Any thoughts on what might be causing this???? Thanks for any and all help

 

[Matt30]

Grab a multi meter, confirm power is making it thru the thermostat to the element. If so, do a continuity test on the element. If no continuity, remove and replace element.

 

[facial]

I wonder why the element would have already gone out? Also can't seem to figure out why there seems to be air in the hot water line.....

 

[havasu]

If the water drained out of the unit, and the elements were turned on, that would fry them.

 

[SHEPLMBR]

And air should be purged as you are filling the water heater.