How much heat wire do I need

[ghosttown]

I am going to do the 900 Watt mod and will be changing all the wiring inside to a 14 guage wire. How many feet do I need to change everything?

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[Alanfromwis]

  Get 10 ft & you will have enough in case you make a mistake, there will be enough  to redo. 
   Alan

[ghosttown]

perfect thanks, Local stores won't sell me some so I need to find a source online.

[manfromplaid]

you should be able to find high temp wire at any appliance repair or parts store. in Edmonton I found mine at AMRE supply on 75st

[GusRobin]

you can get it at Allied Kenco

http://www.alliedkenco.com/367.aspx

[dave01]

I have well over 100 smokes since upgrading to the 900 watt element, I never upgraded the wire and wonder why you would?

[TedEbear]

Same here. I'm been running the dual 500W element mod (1000W total) for at least 3 years and the original wiring is still doing fine. 

[ghosttown]

It's recommend to change the wire to a higher guage, im sure the existing wire works fine.

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[beefmann]

when i  did my upgrade, i also upgraded the  wiring to  14 gage some 8 years ago and never looked  back, never had a  problem  with the  wire or the heater,

[ghosttown]

K thanks,  do you know off by hand what terminals you used? Want to get everything before I open up the unit. I know I need terminal rings for the heater but what about the when connecting it to the back of the plug? What size of these do I need If any http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0071NC78C/ref=mp_s_a_1_9?qid=1438558108&sr=8-9&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&keywords=High+temp+wire

Also the sizes for these http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00AJSAJA4/ref=pd_aw_sim_328_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1ZNCK264KBV9WP85RYFR

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[Toker]

Rings terminal number 8 stud with 14 awg and spades connectors ( Quick Disconnect), 1/4 stud with 14 awg. The awg depends on the seize of your wire. For wire, check for MGT high temp wire (rated higher temperature).

[ghosttown]

Thank you

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[ghosttown]

Rings terminal number 8 stud with 14 awg and spades connectors ( Quick Disconnect), 1/4 stud with 14 awg. The awg depends on the seize of your wire. For wire, check for MGT high temp wire (rated higher temperature).

Is this all I need

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0071NC5NO/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Would this size fit the 900 Watt element connector bolts?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005GDFO16/ref=ox_sc_act_image_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007CLZAB4/ref=ox_sc_act_image_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1FWWCVO9POVQF

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[Toker]

Oops! these are for 2x 500 sorry. The quick disconnects stay the same but i have no idea about the rings connectors. Sorry again for my mistake.

[Salmonsmoker]

Ghost, The terminals on the element are a little over 3/16" dia. (I don't have a metric scale handy)or .187".  8 gauge has a dia. of .1719" or 4.37 mm. 7 ga. has a dia. of .187", 6 ga, .2031.  Since the stud size measures a little over 3/16" I suspect that 7ga would take a little reaming. The 6 ga would be about perfect.