When hooking up a new Sears Kenmore 50 gallon electric hot water heater, the hot water line from the oil burner was piped into the cold water inlet and the cold water line was piped into the hot water outlet... after running the system for a few hours, and then realizing we were'nt getting any hot water, we shut the system off and will have the lines corrected. My question is did we damage the hot water heater or its internal elements in any way by doing this?? Thanks Michael.

When hooking up a new Sears Kenmore 50 gallon electric hot water heater, the hot water line from the oil burner was piped into the cold water inlet and the cold water line was piped into the hot water outlet...after running the system for a few hours, and then realizing we were'nt getting any hot water, we shut the system off and will have the lines corrected. My question is did we damage the hot water heater or its internal elements in any way by doing this??? Thanks Michael.
I can't imagine how this could, or would, have harmed the water heater (as long as the power was not turned on while it was empty).