Lack of continuity almost certainly - the flow of electricity is prevented by a break in the circuit somewhere.
Socket - plug - fuse - power cord - free socket - control switch - all these both in the live and in the return path - and the new element of course.
One of these will be the culprit. Best tested with some kind of electrical meter - a basic one about £10.
Either your new element is defective or a fault has suddenly arisen in one of the other items.
Good luck...
Peccavi
February 2013
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