Coastalflyer wrote:
Electric switch not heating the water. May have killed the heating element. How hard is that to replace?
Before you replace - inspect.
HF was giving multi-meters for free (I collected 5 of them) and even with no coupon, they are about $5, so no excuse to not own 1.
Sounds like you burned the element running it with no water, but still you have switches, thermostat worth testing.
Than check what element you have. They are not that cheap and in case add-on element, you will have to buy whole system to get new heater.