[encantotom]

i looked up your part number that is on the picture of the single non folded element and it is a SG-1453 which is a 8 dollar big box store 4500 watt 240v element.

the ones i put in mine i got directly from roger berke a couple of years ago and were the part numbers below.

so the one you got is the same voltage and wattage. just not the official aquahot one. the one i got from roger had a ceramic insulator and the one you i have i am guessing is some high temp plastic of some kind. (the base above the nut). and the aquahot one was doubled up like the one in your picture

btw, it is very very easy to round off the very thing nut on the element. i have posted that at rudys suggestion, i had a friend machine down an impact socket on the end to be flat so as it would tightly hug the element nut and used an impact gun to remove them. i am more than willing to send anyone that special socket for the price of mailing if you mail it back.

you will find gurus woes on stripping the nut off and how many days were spent trying to get it out....so be careful. dont use the cheapo home depot hot water heater element thin walled tool to take them out.

i will leave rudy to comment on if he would recommend using it or not. since it is a supreme hassle to change these elements out, i just made sure i had the official one. i would assume it would work, the one you have.


ELX-2E7-540 Element, Electric, 120 VAC, 1650 Watts 1 42.00 42.00T
ELX-2E7-600 Element, Electric Heating 240 VAC/4500 Watt 1 50.00 50.00T

tom