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Thank you,501IrishRed, that was really helpful. Okay I think I'm good now unless I run into more problems. Thanks everyone for all of your help with this issue.

1. thanks. I'm going to ask my landlord if we can switch that out. I think it's against code not to have a ground now. 2. The cord to my gfcis from the 10/3 outlet is a 30A dryer cord. The 12/3 cord is wired from each outlet to each heat stick. Is that still a problem?

OMJ, I built two heat sticks because, as you know, they are either on or off. So in order to have more control, I decided to give myself the option of having either one or both on at a time. Besides, it wouldn't help my issue to toss these heat sticks, buy a spa panel, install it, and build a...

Update: I disassembled a heatstick and found moisture/condensation inside so I am going to dry them both out and re-seal them. We'll see if this helps. I think you may have been right about too much thinning of the jb weld. When I opened it up, I could still smell acetone, and that was 2 weeks...

1. The wire from the panel to the plug is 10/3. (which means it has ground! Thanks for asking me to look. Maybe I can get the landlord to let me update the plug to a 4-prong dryer outlet) 2. The extension cord is only used for the ground. It is 16/3. by the way, the wiring for the heatsticks...

Thanks Grathan. The gfci is tripping, not the breaker. It's not the same stick tripping each time - it varies. I'll see if I can get a good pic to post.

I built 2 heatsticks and have been running into problems. Can anybody help me with some insight? Here is all the info: 30A circuit wired 2 120v gfci outlets to a L5-30P plug grounded the outlets to another circuit with extension cord (renting!) light switches wired to each outlet 1500w...