ran my water heater on electric for about 2 weeks. no problems. then...no hot water. switched to gas and works fine. back to electric, no hot water. ran on gas for another 3 weeks just fine. Bad ele...
I went through this same problem just last year. I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out why the electric option on my suburban was not heating water. Gas was fine.
Replaced the element. No help. Replaced the thermostat. No help.
Turned out it was the SWITCH! That cheap plastic upside down switch they put next to the element to turn on the electric. Replaced that and I was good to go.
Just giving you something to consider when you start troubleshooting.
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