I have noticed a small puddle under our hot water heater lately. If I look underneath the heater it looks like its coming down from only one leg. We have sold the house and just had the inspection last week and passed. Could it be from the inspection testing? Condensation? If it is a leak in the tank how do I know and can a plumber detect a leak in the tank or do they always suggest a replacement? Want a cheap solution because moving expenses are eating into cash reserves.
Opened burner assembly. A little wetness where the insulation is.

I have a 60 Gallon Giant electric hot water heater. The bottom element has burnt out. I tried to replace it this past weekend, but ran into a snag when I tried to remove the old element. Basically, the element looks to be held into place by 4 large bolts (which are easily removable), but I ran into trouble when I tried to remove it because it won’t budge! It looks like a steel plate, with a plastic rectangular piece on the front of it where the hot wire connectors attach.
I thought that I could simply pull this piece out and the element would be attached to it, but it won’t move and I don’t want to apply too much pressure to it for fear of breaking it. The tank is only 3 years old, but of course, I can’t find the receipt for it so the warranty is no good
Does anyone have any experience with replacing these elements? Do I need a special tool to reef the old one out of there? The manual is of no help of course because it just says ‘remove element’…
Thanks in advance!

We have replaced the heating elements and thermostat on a electric water heater for ouw home.It doesn’t seem to be heating the water at all.There is power going through all the things we replaced.We checked that .What else could be wrong?…Or does it take like 12 hours for the start up tank of water to get up to temperature maybe?

And I know the house has only one interior tank. How many gallons might that hold?