Eastman 120V x 1500W Straight Electric Water Heater Element High Watt Density, Hot Water Heating Element with Copper Sheath, Screw Mount & Gasket, 60061

The element went out in my 2021 camper and this arrived quickly and I was able to make the switch in minutes. The water is really, really hot.

Fit perfectly in 40 gallon heater. Water gets hot fast. What else do you need.

I bought in September 1 of 2025. 240v High Density 15 inch element. went in fine. Died on New Years Eve 2025. Did not even last 3 months. Don't buy this turkey. Not happy. Many other manufacturers to choose from. I picked a stainless steel unit from another manufacturer for $3 more. Lets see how this one works.

Screws right in and simple to wire

I used this to make a bucket boiler for cooking shrimp and crawfish boils in a 5 gallon bucket. To get it to fit through the 1" EMT coupling, I had to use a vise to slightly narrow the gap in the element at the end. The only challenge I ran into was that the supplied gasket deformed with even a little pressure applied and I couldn't keep it water tight. I removed the gasket and used a ton of teflon tape on the threads and got it water tight. After hooking up the lamp cord, I used hot melt glue to cover the wire and screws. Using a normal house 120v circuit and water that was 150 degrees out of the tap, it took about a half hour to achieve a solid boil with a half filled bucket.

My only complaint is that they don't give any information on its size so I had to hope for the best when I ordered the matching bulkhead.. luckily it all fit

I used 2 of these in my short 40 gallon 240 volt water heater that had 4500 watt elements. I recently installed a 5000 watt Inverter to use with solar and Lithium battery backup. I tried to figure out how to use the solar to heat my water heater and run several other things with only a 5000 watt inverter and 3 lithium batteries of about 15,000 watt hours. I replaced the 4500 watt with these 1500 watt, and its working just fine. They take longer to heat the water, but that's not been a problem--so far. I hope to add a high efficiency mini split heat pump that the inverter should be able to handle, since I only have 1500 watt elements now, and the other loads are not that great, being 3 small refrigerators, and a freezer, and some other items, such as lights and computer equipment.

This is a direct replacement for our water heater at the hunting camp. We always have a replacement on hand just in case. The water there is really hard, but the element usually last 15 years or so. A cheap price for what you get!