On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:38:38 GMT, James Sweet hath writ:

"WbSearch" wrote in message
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By mistake I turned the power on to my water heater before the tank was
full

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Why don't you just buy a new element? They're not very expensive at all.

I'm sure the OP was going to. He was relating his experience in trying
to jerry-rig the thing for overnight, at least, so that he could have
_some_ hot water until such time as he tore it all down. He was just
trying to make sense of what he encountered.

Jonesy
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