Hi Orion. I am late to the party but hopefully not too late.
I have only had my OBS for a year but purchased a PID and am looking to do the 2nd burner mod. Couple of questions and some of them pretty obvious.
1) Where did you pick up the Aluminum Alloy standoffs? Just local hardware store? Online? or Scrapped from another appliance?
2) On you eye connections and to the ears, did you simply just crimp the wires to the terminals or did you do any soldering? I usually solder but thought about that being in the cooking area and not sure it would be food safe.
I plan on running parallel wires to the back plug with its own inline thermal fuse for the second element. I really love the standoff mod but have not found the hardware yet. Also was only able to find 12 Gauge wire that had the fabric insulation but that should not be an issue.
All of your posts, pictures, and comments have helped me plan this like you would not believe. Also all of the dialog from everybody else has been beyond helpful! Thank you all very much!
-Scott24