[DadsHemi]

I just went through this, I pulled the water heater out and checked the connections in the junction box that is attached to the water heater. I re-did the connections with new wire nuts and re-taped the wire nuts, re-tighten the ground connection in the J-Box, replaced the element with a suburban element and replaced the thermostat.

Before I did all that I had done just as you did, new element and thermostat which it still did not work, the element was a cameo.

Anyways, I suspect the connection and/or the cameo element mite have been my issue