Finally joined the MEP-803A club...

[robson1015]

Got the box mounted up today...

 

[robson1015]

Jenny is in her final resting place...Interlock switch on the way and cord. Not going with hard wire so I can take it to my shop if needed. More later...

 

[csheath]

Nicely done!

Might as well hardware cloth over the wire boot since you didn't pass your wires through it.

 

[coxju04]

You did a really nice job. I'm going to steal your mouse proofing idea, when I get back to the states. Here is a picture of my new toys waiting for me

 

[Light in the Dark]

OK so my military supplier reached out and BW is playing games. The obviously have no open orders with the government for this part, so its all custom tooled to make new ones. Min quantity is 2 (not a big deal), but they are looking at even more money than you have been quoted already robson1015. My contact didn't give me the actual price quote, but all he could do was laugh.

 

[Light in the Dark]

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Jenny is in her final resting place...Interlock switch on the way and cord. Not going with hard wire so I can take it to the my shop if needed. More later...

Don't tractors make life about 1000% easier?

 

[robson1015]

Nicely done!

Might as well hardware cloth over the wire boot since you didn't pass your wires through it.

I'm gonna run my ground through the boot to the ground rod when I run the load bank...

 

[robson1015]

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Very nice !

 

[robson1015]

OK so my military supplier reached out and BW is playing games. The obviously have no open orders with the government for this part, so its all custom tooled to make new ones. Min quantity is 2 (not a big deal), but they are looking at even more money than you have been quoted already robson1015. My contact didn't give me the actual price quote, but all he could do was laugh.

Something will turn up...

 

[robson1015]

Don't tractors make life about 1000% easier?

Love my Kubota - very useful machine...

 

[robson1015]

Got my interlock switch in the mail today $69 on flea bay. Crazy expensive for a piece of plexiglass but cheaper than several other systems.

 

[Daybreak]

OK so my military supplier reached out and BW is playing games. The obviously have no open orders with the government for this part, so its all custom tooled to make new ones. Min quantity is 2 (not a big deal), but they are looking at even more money than you have been quoted already robson1015. My contact didn't give me the actual price quote, but all he could do was laugh.

Howdy,
What are you talking about? What is BW?

 

[Light in the Dark]

Was referring to the listed cable manufacturer B.W. Elliott Manufacturing.

 

[robson1015]

I was looking at a dryer heating element to supplement my electric stove load bank. It's 5400 watts and has two blade connectors on it. How would one connect this to the output lugs ? L1 and L3 from each blade and ground wire from element housing to ground lug.?

 

[DieselAddict]

I was looking at a dryer heating element to supplement my electric stove load bank. It's 5400 watts and has two blade connectors on it. How would one connect this to the output lugs ? L1 and L3 from each blade and ground wire from element housing to ground lug.?View attachment 697234

Exactly.

 

[Zed254]

I think I read somewhere on SS that you could wire the broil and bake burners together on a stove such that they burned at the same time to consume more amps. Has anyone done this? What kind of hazards does this present - overloading control circuits?

 

[DieselAddict]

You'll need to check the wire sizes to make sure you won't overload anything. If its a self cleaning oven its likely that it runs both elements already when running the cleaning cycle. Many also run both elements when preheating.

 

[robson1015]

DieselAddict - could I wire the dryer element to the stove wiring and mount the element on the oven door ?? Oven door would be open with fan blowing on the element.

What do you think?? What size wire would I need to use for the dryer element ?? Thanx for the help.

 

[DieselAddict]

5400w @ 240v is ~23 amps. That will require a 10 gauge wire between the generator and heater. The dryer elements will need a decent airflow across them to prevent them from overheating and burning in two. You won't be able to stick them in the oven and use them in that way. You'll need to build a shroud around them and have a fan force air across them to keep them cool.

Running a rough flow calculation for 5.4kw heating coils you'll need about 250 cfm of airflow across them at an absolute minimum. That will give you about a 70 degree F rise in temp. I would recommend more in the range of 400 cfm if airflow which would drop you down to about 40 degree F rise.

 

[robson1015]

Thanx for the info. Chris. I have been using a furnace squirrel cage fan on the oven elements.