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Originally Posted by spills
I picked up some insulation board today from Lowes to make my prego oven. I've got that done, but now I want to move the broil element to the door and put it on a switch. Is putting it on the door the only option? I would be concerned about having exposed wiring going to the element. Depending on how the elements are wired and switched, you may have 120vac at one element terminal at all times.It's already removed since I put in a small rack for my wheels. I was wondering if someone could give me a quick rundown on how to wire it all up, and if it's possible to wire without having to get high-temp wire? I don't think running thhn or romex wire would be a good idea. You need hi-temp wire for obvious reasons. I would like to try to get all my parts at either Lowes or Home Depot rather that waiting for mail order stuff.
From my original oven schematic, it looks like the broil and bake elements are both on on the bake cycle. Does this mean that I can just extend the broil wires down to the door without having to splice into the bake element wires? Without seeing a wiring schematic it would be difficult to say for certain if you could just re-route the broil wires as needed. If the oven were still operational, you could just turn the oven to the 'bake' cycle and see if both elements heat up. Thanks alot guys!!
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In a small oven, you might find that you don't need both elements.