normal for those wire wound resistors to get hot enough to glow red and take the skin off your fingers, just make sure any flammables are kept clear

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics