Help! I'm Dumb!

[Thundercougarfalconbird]

Yea I'm beginning to understand how the SSR works (well in an elementary way)
Auber sent me a wiring diagram to test the SSR. Assuming I wired it correctly the SSR failed the test for the same reason it was in my controller. Nothing is coming on at any point >_<
I've got an electrical engineer friend coming over today. I'll let him peek at it and let me know if thats whats actually wrong, but so far all signs point to yes

(also that diagram hurts my eyes, man so blurry. I really like the design though, I may eventually upgrade to it if I can get past PID101)

 

[stlbeer]

That's fine. Let me know how it turns out. Sorry about the blurry picture - it was blown up from photobucket. Sucks.

 

[Thundercougarfalconbird]

So I've finally got the PID controller up and running correctly. The only thing that concerns me is the heat exchange gets pretty damn warm to the touch. I used a small project box to house everything. I'm wondering if its getting too warm. Should I not worry about it?
If I were to want to up the size of the heating element to say 4500w, would I need to change anything but the input and output power cords? Is it ok to use my 220v dryer outlet?
I don't have space in my small apartment to house a proper brewstand. Is there an economic way to run a power cable like 60ft to my back porch?(maybe I'll just brew out front if there isn't, that's only like 10ft)