..and because its run by ...and I did check this....but either they have a gas in them...which is heated...or some other type of device.....by the looks of it...and I've got back to the site that sells different elements..you know each one costs about $30 odd dollars.....and if they only last on average 2 months each.....well it's best going to the tip....once I actually got the metal work off...I realized its a different style of element...