New wiring for my heat tape.
I decided to try a new way to wire my heat tape. I was tired of having to have them all going to an outlet strip, and daisy chaining them would make it harder to replace if one piece ever went bad.
Let me know what you think about what I did.
1. Used 2 terminal blocks from radio shack. I also put a jumper strip on one side of each strip.
2. Used heavy duty double sided tape to attach the blocks inside of a project box.
3. Then I labeled where each point on the block was going.
4. Then I connected all the wires coming down from the heat tape.
5. Connected the extension cord that will go to a thermostat.
6. Closed the cover of the project box. I used Velcro to attach the box to the rack.
It looks a lot better than all the plugs going into an outlet strip. I know it doesn't look as pretty as I would like it but it was a first attempt. I have a few ideas that I will use next time. I would like to know what everyone thinks. This is for my 5 bin 28 qt rack.
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