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Looks like a high resistance connection is responsible for the burned out element. I took MrWhipple's suggestion and checked the terminals that connect to the heater coil. They are in terrible shape. Complete corrosion on the inside of the terminals and very loose fitting. These will need to be...

"All worked well and was heating for about 7 minutes and then the heater element started arcing turned red and is now open." Everything was working, PID was set at 225 F and controlling the heater. When the temp reached about 105 F ( approx 7 minutes ) I heard a loud buzz and through the front...

So after my initial freakout and scramble to unplug everything my 1st thought was "what else did I blow up". It turns out that everything on the original controller still operates as it should. For whatever it's worth I disconnected the wires from the heater and connected them to a volt meter. I...

New guy here needing some advice. I picked up a MES model 20070411 that wouldn't control heat. I assumed the relay on the power board was stuck on so I decided to do the rewire and connect to a PID controller. The controller that I am using is something that I built using a Athena controller...