The invention provides an electric
water heater capable of detecting leakage. The electric
water heater comprises a controller, an
electric heating device and a water tank. The
electric heating device is disposed in the water tank. The
electric heating device comprises a left
pipe box, a right
pipe box and heat exchange pipes which make the left
pipe box communicate with the right pipe box, electric heaters are disposed in the left pipe box and / or the right pipe box, and the heat exchange pipes, the left pipe box and the right pipe box form a heated fluid closed cycle; the electric heating device is further provided with a
pressure sensor which is used for detecting pressure inside the electric heating device; the electric heating device and the
pressure sensor are in
data connection with the controller, and the controller automatically controls operation of the electric
water heater according to detected pressure; and the controller is connected with a
cloud server, the
cloud server is connected with a water heater
client, the controller transmits measured
pressure data to the
cloud server, then the
pressure data are transmitted to the
client through the cloud
server, the
client is a
mobile phone, an APP program is installed in the
mobile phone, and a user can obtain the
pressure data through the client. The electric water heater can intelligently detect leakage of the heating device of the water heater and conduct
intelligent control, and therefore, the safety is improved.