Camco heating element doesn't fit through coupler!

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Jared311

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So I purchased this screw-in camco heating element:

http://www.camco.net/Menu.cfm?SupCategoryId=10200&SubCategoryId=233&ProductId=2344

The problem is that I can't get it to fit though my 1" coupling because of all the bends in the element. I was wondering if anyone else ran into this problem and how they got around it. I was thinking about just cutting my coupling in half because it is 1.75" long and maybe that would give me a little more room to work with.
 
That element should still fit a 1"NPT if it's a standard build. You can just slice off a few threads worth of coupling for a locknut.
 
mr x said:
That element should still fit a 1"NPT if it's a standard build. You can just slice off a few threads worth of coupling for a locknut.
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Sweet, I was planing on making a 1/2" slice and seeing if I could snake it through that.
 

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