Camper Water Heater Element Socket Size

What size socket wrench is the element for electric water heaters.

Camper water heater element socket size.

Replacing the water heater element in an rv. Right now while you re thinking about it buy yourself the nice 6 point 1 1 16 inch impact socket you ll need to extract the anode rod from your water heater. This is no job for a sissy 3 4 drive ratchet wrench. Go measure the size of the hex head on a new element for your heater i think they are 1 1 4 but not sure.

Don t buy a cheap stamped steel tool when you can borrow a high qu. I spoke with my camco contact and the threaded part of anode rod cam11563 is 3 4 inches so the hex head is a 1 inch. Then either rent or buy a impact wrench air or electric. If you don t already have a honkin big breaker bar get one of those too.

I took a 1 1 16 socket welded it on a 4 long half inch extension then welded a an 8 long piece of rod to the end to make a t handle wrench that stays in the trailer as a dedicated water heater plug wrench. Michael h ask the experts a question. Need a 1 1 2 socket to remove a conventional screw in electric hot water heater element.