Wiring of parabolic heating elements.
1. I invite the mods to move this to OT; However, there are often some good wiring folks here. 2. I invite the safety police to go away, yeah, I know the rules, but sometimes I drive 5 MPH over the...
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I like the idea of adding a flicker bulb.
Your multimeter is your friend. measure resistance bewtwewewn the assorted connections.
On a triple power generally (AND I STRESS GENERALLY) there are two conneciton layouts
First
Hot---low power element---Neutral---High power----HOT
In this hook up the 4th wire is likely safety ground
In this hook up the low power (400 watt) will have a higher resistance to NETERAL than the High power (800 watts) does.
How to ewnable adjustable power on this unit
For the powewr switch use a twin toggle one for low. one for medum, both for high power.. (Now that was easy wasn't it)
Alternative hookup
Hot---low power---neutral
Hot---high power--- neutral
And I stress again this is my best guess... GUESS, I can not say for sure. it's a GUESS and thus the only guarantee is your free is herby refunded.
Your multimeter is your friend. measure resistance bewtwewewn the assorted connections.
On a triple power generally (AND I STRESS GENERALLY) there are two conneciton layouts
First
Hot---low power element---Neutral---High power----HOT
In this hook up the 4th wire is likely safety ground
In this hook up the low power (400 watt) will have a higher resistance to NETERAL than the High power (800 watts) does.
How to ewnable adjustable power on this unit
For the powewr switch use a twin toggle one for low. one for medum, both for high power.. (Now that was easy wasn't it)
Alternative hookup
Hot---low power---neutral
Hot---high power--- neutral
And I stress again this is my best guess... GUESS, I can not say for sure. it's a GUESS and thus the only guarantee is your free is herby refunded.
