Hi, everybody!
So I searched a couple of times to see if I could find someone with a similar problem, to no avail.
I have an analog controlled MES with a replacement control and element. Went to fire it up for the first time in a while and saw temps were too low. Started looking around and saw what is in the pictures. Burnt/corroded wires on the controller and a slightly broken.... End? on the heating element. I'm wondering what my options are for salvaging both pieces without buying another element/controller. I suppose specifically, what's the best way to connect the wires from the potentiometer/controller to the element? Should I try to break of the end on the left side of the element? Reattach the nub on the right? What high heat connectors? Or should I just bite the bullet and buy a whole new one?
Love my smoker, have had the mailbox mod with AMNPS for a few years but find myself in this situation too often.
Edit: not quite ready for the Auber.
So I searched a couple of times to see if I could find someone with a similar problem, to no avail.
I have an analog controlled MES with a replacement control and element. Went to fire it up for the first time in a while and saw temps were too low. Started looking around and saw what is in the pictures. Burnt/corroded wires on the controller and a slightly broken.... End? on the heating element. I'm wondering what my options are for salvaging both pieces without buying another element/controller. I suppose specifically, what's the best way to connect the wires from the potentiometer/controller to the element? Should I try to break of the end on the left side of the element? Reattach the nub on the right? What high heat connectors? Or should I just bite the bullet and buy a whole new one?
Love my smoker, have had the mailbox mod with AMNPS for a few years but find myself in this situation too often.
Edit: not quite ready for the Auber.