Thanks for the suggestions. I couldn't understand why I was getting resistance and voltage at the heating element but yet no heat, just wasn't logical. After poking around for quite awhile it seems there was just a little too much rust around the connectors and it was preventing it from flowing through the element. It was getting bare metal on metal but I guess just not enough. Anyway it's heating a little now, although it tops out at around 85 degrees so I'm going to go buy a socket and try to pull them out and see what kind of shape they're in. Anyone know what size socket I need for a 5500w element for a hayward/comfortzone? Looks somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 3/4"