Hey all! So first off, I'm completely new to this stuff, so please go easy on me and try to explain in the simplest way if you can!
I'm building an arduino project that requires I heat a tank of water to boiling point fairly quickly. I couldn't find anything that worked fast enough/had enough power given the limited voltage of the arduino uno, so I decided to buy an electric kettle and take out the heating component to use it plugged into an outlet and connected to the arduino with a relay. The problem-- I can't seem to get the immersion heater to turn on for testing via the power cord.
It's 120V, 1500 W. I attached some pictures of the heater before and after my really crappy soldering job. I figured that the two leads were either hot or neutral (and can be interchangeable), and the copper plate thing in the middle was for ground. On the end of the power cord, it said the green wire was for grounding, but didnt mention about the other two wires, so I assumed they were also interchangeable for neutral and hot. So I soldered the green wire from the power cord to the copper plate on the heater, and one of the other two wires from the power cord onto one of the heater's leads. Tested it, but heater wont turn on.
Am I connecting the ground/hot incorrectly? Or maybe my soldering job is crappy and didnt make the connection? Or is it because I left neutral alone for the testing process?
Any input would be very much appreciated!!!
I'm building an arduino project that requires I heat a tank of water to boiling point fairly quickly. I couldn't find anything that worked fast enough/had enough power given the limited voltage of the arduino uno, so I decided to buy an electric kettle and take out the heating component to use it plugged into an outlet and connected to the arduino with a relay. The problem-- I can't seem to get the immersion heater to turn on for testing via the power cord.
It's 120V, 1500 W. I attached some pictures of the heater before and after my really crappy soldering job. I figured that the two leads were either hot or neutral (and can be interchangeable), and the copper plate thing in the middle was for ground. On the end of the power cord, it said the green wire was for grounding, but didnt mention about the other two wires, so I assumed they were also interchangeable for neutral and hot. So I soldered the green wire from the power cord to the copper plate on the heater, and one of the other two wires from the power cord onto one of the heater's leads. Tested it, but heater wont turn on.
Am I connecting the ground/hot incorrectly? Or maybe my soldering job is crappy and didnt make the connection? Or is it because I left neutral alone for the testing process?
Any input would be very much appreciated!!!
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