95747brewer
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I recently built a heat stick with a 4500 or 5500 watt heating element. Cant remember which I chose and since it is not relevant to my question I'm not digging it out to check. I read a post recently by Bobby M about running 240 to it and switching off the second leg to have it run on 120 when applicable. What I'm not sure about is that I would have a hot wire ran to each screw on the element and a ground stud I welded on would facilitate the neutral or ground wire for a 240 hook up. (Correct me if wrong.) For 110 I would have a hot to one screw, and a neutral to the other screw, with my ground wire to the welded on post. How do I go about wiring it so that either voltage could be used? Maybe an outside junction box with switches?