water heater element adapter

[Lucky_Chicken]

Has anyone ever used one of these as a weldless option for a water heater element?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001GM0A10/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

With some stainless hardware i would think it would work... anyone tried it before or am I going to be the pig this time?

 

[Walker]

i suppose it would work, but I don't see any benefit to using this over using the stainless locknut. With this thing, don't you have to cut one large hole and then also drill 4 small holes in your kettle?

 

[wyzazz]

^^ I'm with Walker on this one. ^^

 

[seabass07]

Aren't all of the elements threaded? No sense in converting it when you can just use the threads already there.

 

[Lucky_Chicken]

I was probably overthinking it... I was just thinking it would be similar to a welded locknut on the kettle and the element could be removed without having to hug the pot

 

[Bsquared]

Thats what I used on my first generation eHeat exchanger that was in a small picnic cooler, and it was a pain to get water tight. stick with the hex-nut or weld on a 1" Stainless half coupler.

 

[kevink]

It's flat and your keg's curved. A seal seems impossible unless you pounded your keg wall flat, but at that point you most likely will have really banged up the keg wall, making a seal even harder to achieve.