Quote Originally Posted by mattb View Post
The wire I used is just your standard extension cord. The connectors I have had for a long long time I think I had them left over from when I was in the army. The heat tape is just soldered.

I don't know about the connectors from radio shack because I haven't looked at them. But the ones that look like mind that I have found at Home Depot are rated for 600 volts. The project box I got from Radio shack.

I will say some people at radio shack can be helpful. Others have no clue what they are talking about. I know I went there to get things to put together my STC-1000 thermostat and one of the people working there kept asking me all kinds of questions. This was the finish product of that project.

Ok, I'll take a look at Home Depot for those. Now, my question is (and this may have been what you said you were doing before you came up with this idea): can't you just plug all your heat strips into a power strip and then plug that into the thermostat?? For someone more electrically challenged like me, this seems like a simpler option. Does this work and is the thermostat able to control all the strips this way?

Sorry to hijack your thread!! I can PM you if you'd prefer so you can keep the thread on topic!