I'm building my block heater. Well its really a coolant heater but you get the idea.
Originaly I was going to use a 240V, 2400 Watt hot water heater element.
When I was looking at the wide selection of hot water heater elements at Lows and saw the 2400W element and thought wasn't that big.
Then found the largest element they stocked, a 4500W element. I had a gut feeling 4500W might be a bit to much.
So I went for a 3500W instead. That is what I will be useing a 3500W 240v hot water heater element.
It is $25 worth of parts. I bought every thing form there, didn't want to chance not having something.
I won't even have to weld any thing like I thought I would. The Heater element has 1'' threads, same thread count as the 1'' NPT but not tapered like an NPT part. Enough teflon tape and an O-ring should seal it up.
I'll have pictures up soon.
Will test this weekend or next.
Originaly I was going to use a 240V, 2400 Watt hot water heater element.
When I was looking at the wide selection of hot water heater elements at Lows and saw the 2400W element and thought wasn't that big.
Then found the largest element they stocked, a 4500W element. I had a gut feeling 4500W might be a bit to much.
So I went for a 3500W instead. That is what I will be useing a 3500W 240v hot water heater element.
It is $25 worth of parts. I bought every thing form there, didn't want to chance not having something.
I won't even have to weld any thing like I thought I would. The Heater element has 1'' threads, same thread count as the 1'' NPT but not tapered like an NPT part. Enough teflon tape and an O-ring should seal it up.
I'll have pictures up soon.
Will test this weekend or next.