bioveging wrote:
> Good day;
>
> Having just finished installing the electricals on my reactor (water
> heater) this weekend I thought I would pass along a potential risk
> when converting these to 120V from their 240V original.
> I don't know about most but the one I got had a square flanged
> heating element and the 120V conversion element is screw in round.
> This in and of itself is not a major problem, although a word of
> warning is in order. The conversion flange can be bought wherever
> they sell the heaters, just ask. What happems though is that once
> you have disabled the upper element and installed the conversion
> flange to be able to screw in your 120V element the lower one now
> sticks out further than it did originally with the flat square
> flange so that you are not able to put the metal plate back on the
> lower part without getting contact of the poles and shorting out the
> unit. A work around would be to use a ball pean hammer and "dent"
> out a space for the protruding element or simply not replace the
> lower plate and cover the lot with insulation, duct tape itin place
> and then proceed to complete the extra insulation required by this
> sort of design that enables it to hold in it's heat better for a
> more complete reaction and settling of the glycerine layer.
A GFCI would be in order here as well. Make sure you ground the tank
properly. It will shut of the power if something shorts to ground. [Like
a human finger..]
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