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Change of plans. Bought four of these beasties: https://www.sunbeltrentals.com/equipment/detail/1082/0100540/30kw-electric-heater-480v-3ph/ ...and towing it all down to Houston (with my 40' RV) to do some drying work. Wish me luck!! Franko

Agreed! I will drop a note here when I get it uploaded. Franko

$225 for the day... nice. Not having to push it out of the way for the rest of the year: priceless :) Cheers!! Franko

Yep, if you see steam rising over my house, then you'll know I'm having fun :)

Thanks CS, I took a hard look at your load bank (nice piece of kit!!) before posting in this thread & decided it would be too cumbersome to cobble enough of these elements together to "feed the beast" with 60 kW++ of load & keep them from burning each other up.

Thanks to everybody who replied for all of your input, it helps tremendously. Part of my reasoning for going with the water heater elements is the fact that they will scale well & the pool will make a good heat sink. I bought a MEP-806B, Not with the intention of trying to re-wire it to...

Agreed, Every fiber of my being is screaming "Noooooooo!", and "me and Ellie May already had our bath this week", but would it work & would there be any real danger, even if the elements submerged and the leads went In the Water? It Definitely falls into the "kids, don't try this at home"...

Load Bank: Water heater elements in a pool? Here's a crazy thought: I have an in-ground ("cement pond" type :-) pool. If I purchased hot water heating elements (~ $20.00 each for 5,500 watts on Amazon) & mounted them in a metal strip, then would there be any electrocution danger if I made...