Elements

I Finished wiring up the elements.  Started with 10' of 10/3 insulated wire with a 30 Amp, 250 Volt, NEMA L6-30P plug. The other end attaches to the element guards.  The elements are Camco 02963 5500W 240V Screw in Water Heater Lime Life Ripple Elements.  Here is a picture of all the parts for one element.

I used some braided sleeve and a aluminum 90 degree cable glad to secure the wire to the element guard.  Here is the element in the guard.  Not much room inside there.

Here is the cable before it's hooked up to the element.  The ground wire is attached the the element guard with a screw in lug.

Some pictures of the finished wired element.  It was not easy to get all the wiring inside the guard as there in not much room in there.  If fact, the element wrench will not even fit in the guard to tighten the element and I had to do it by hand by twisting the element itself.  I didn't really like doing that but it was the only choice.

There is a weep hole in the end of the guard in case it ever leaks the water isn't trapped inside the guard.  The silicon gasket is cut there to allow the water to drain and I lined up the clamp to allow it to drain as well.  Hopefully I won't have to ever try it out.

And finally a picture of the element inside the kettle.

On to the rest of the kettle plumbing!