http://www.dhipros.com/resources/hot-water-heater-element-replacement-help DHI contractor resource tips, discussions, and more. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:06:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.dhipros.com/resources/hot-water-heater-element-replacement-help/comment-page-1#comment-202 quietgiant Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:16:28 +0000 http://www.dhipros.com/resources/hot-water-heater-element-replacement-help#comment-202 this probably isn't what you want to hear but I too had a problem removing the element in my heater mine is an A.O.Smith and they are very tough. I finally had to call a service guy out who told me that due to manufacturing saftey codes those elements are virtually impossible for the average homeowner to remove and for my heater a special tool available only to the tradespeople was needed to remove the element this probably isn’t what you want to hear but I too had a problem removing the element in my heater mine is an A.O.Smith and they are very tough. I finally had to call a service guy out who told me that due to manufacturing saftey codes those elements are virtually impossible for the average homeowner to remove and for my heater a special tool available only to the tradespeople was needed to remove the element

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