Pride Plumbing was called out for smoke coming from a 38-gallon American E2F38TD045V tabletop water heater. Our inspection found that its bottom element was melted, and the element's power wire was glowing red hot. So, after turning off power to it, we drained the water out of the unit and replaced the element. We then refilled the water heater with water, restored its power, and tested it for proper operation with no further issues.