So I had been thinking since puttuIng my second element in the smoker of putting a contractor in to put less stress on the PID do u think I will have to run an auto tune or just leave it the same and see how it runs
if you have already done the auto tune... most likely no,,,, contractors are generally pretty quick to respond,
just a heads up here,,, take the main power to one side of the contacts,,, and the heater/s to the other side...
from the PID to the coil of the contractor .. then you should be good to go