Immersion heater question

[ample current]

I have been to a rented flat and the tennant very rarely uses the immersion (last time was a year ago). He said he swithched it on one night and it didnt work (economy 7 so only comes on at night , no daytime overide for some reason) I went in thinking either element or thermostat/thermal cut out, to discover the breaker was in the off position. I dont know if it had tripped or was swithched off accidently. I checked the resistance of the element and it was very high as in 1000 ohms, would this reading mean that the element is about to give up the ghost?

Thanks in advance

 

[Lighthouse Phil]

Element reading should be low, around 30 or 40 ohms.

 

[HandySparks]

I checked the resistance of the element and it was very high as in 1000 ohms, would this reading mean that the element is about to give up the ghost?

Sounds like it already has.

Usually around 18ohms for a 3kW heater.