"Joseph Meehan" wrote in message
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My daughter had a ruptured element in one that added $175 to her bill
one month. It did not trip the breaker. It just fed 30 amps to
ground for a period of time.

???? How is that possible? Where did the heat go? What limited it
to
30 amps?

Frankly I don't know. The breaker never tripped. I assume no heat was
produced by the ruptured element. The internal wire in the element was
completely burnt through. It was an upper element so duty cycle was a lot
less than for the lower element.


Colbyt