So I am a total idiot

No harm done, but I thought I would share by d'oh moment. On my hot water heater, I needed to replace the element so I removed the plastic shroud and the element. While I had that open I decided to give it a good flush. Of course a bunch of calcified bits come out and I hosed those away from the outside of the heater tray. Went inside and for some reason decided to have a look at the heater from the inside and saw a pool of water all around. Of course my first thought is that the tank is cracked and I am going to be replacing it. After I cleaned up the water (which didn't make it's way far) and searched online how much new tanks cost, I went back outside and looked at it from the outside and saw my mistake - with the plastic should removed from the heating element, I was spraying water directly inside the trailer!!! D'oh!

Anyway, no harm and now I don't have to replace my tank. Just feel stupid!