ELECTRICAL QUESTION

[JC in GB]

Also, those elements are not insulated and would not be safe. Get a replacement stove burner. That should get you the heat you need and still be safe.

 

[daveomak]

Those elements are insulated... They are Calrod elements... He had them checked...

 

[JC in GB]

Those elements are insulated... They are Calrod elements... He had them checked...

I am speaking of the ones in the photo of the dryer heater. That looks like bare NiCr wire to me...

I agree with you that the cal-rod material is the one to go with.

Also, an SSR would work well for power control.

 

[daveomak]

Yep..... That's what he is doing.....

 

[Slow42]

After taking everyone’s advice into consideration this is what I came up with for wiring and grounding the heating element. My only concern is the heating element power wires being exposed to the inner cooking chamber. All elements, from what I have seen, have there wires and where they are attach not in the cooing chamber. Is what I have shown ok. I do plan on placing a tray about the heating element but that won’t stop moist from have access to the element ends.

 

[daveomak]

Would the lugs on the element, not fit through the holes ??

 

[Slow42]

No to far apart and I read somewhere you can‘t bend the elements.

 

[daveomak]

Can you cut the bracket and get the lugs through the holes... Your wire won't last out in the heat... And you are correct, once the element has been heated up, trying to bend it will result in a break....

 

[Slow42]

The wires are good to a little less than 1000 degrees Fahrenheit so I don’t think that will be an issue. Just worried about exposure to moisture and fluids which might cause the GFI to trip.

 

[daveomak]

Sounds as if you have covered all your bases.....