Electric hot water heater question

[Gerald]

suggestion.......before you put the hot water heater in the "drip" pan, put something about an 1" thick under the tank so that it is raised up. If you do ever get a leak the bottom of the tank will not get wet and rust out.

My neighbor must have had a leak for a long time because the bottom of HWH was rusted out. There was also some "blown insulation" around the tank which allowed water to be wicked up to the side of the tank.