Hello,
I've begun assembling parts and figuring out how I'd like to setup a simple electric heating element in my kettle.
I have the following:
-5500W electric element
-An SCR to control the power of the element
-Levitron L6-30R receptacle to connect to the heating element plug
Have not purchased any wire yet but will be getting some 10 gauge for wiring from the outlet to the SCR, and the SCR into the L6-30R.
My question is pertaining to the ground wire. The SCR has no ground terminal, so should I run a separate ground wire from the outlet to the element receptacle? Here's a mockup of this wiring https://imgur.com/a/SKIIm8r
Or is just grounding the kettle itself an option? I am in an unfinished basement, not sure if its easy to ground it off in this case.
Anything else I'm missing here? I do have a GFCI breaker connected to the outlet i'm using.
Thanks!
I've begun assembling parts and figuring out how I'd like to setup a simple electric heating element in my kettle.
I have the following:
-5500W electric element
-An SCR to control the power of the element
-Levitron L6-30R receptacle to connect to the heating element plug
Have not purchased any wire yet but will be getting some 10 gauge for wiring from the outlet to the SCR, and the SCR into the L6-30R.
My question is pertaining to the ground wire. The SCR has no ground terminal, so should I run a separate ground wire from the outlet to the element receptacle? Here's a mockup of this wiring https://imgur.com/a/SKIIm8r
Or is just grounding the kettle itself an option? I am in an unfinished basement, not sure if its easy to ground it off in this case.
Anything else I'm missing here? I do have a GFCI breaker connected to the outlet i'm using.
Thanks!