12v Oven at Dick Smith Special Again.....

[clubbyr8]

Anderson plug is a bit of an overkill. A merit plug would be ample for these.

Yeah I know, but I don't have any Merit plugs but got a few Anderson plugs.....

[clubbyr8]

Modded the oven. Used 6mm twin and an Anderson plug. Overkill I know, but at least the cabling doesn't get warm now (never mind hot) and I used an Anderson plug because I had spares and my battery box is set up with more Anderson plugs than Merit. Now to get a timer for it......

[rusty_nail]

Modded the oven. Used 6mm twin and an Anderson plug. Overkill I know, but at least the cabling doesn't get warm now (never mind hot) and I used an Anderson plug because I had spares and my battery box is set up with more Anderson plugs than Merit. Now to get a timer for it......

pics or it didnt happen mate!

[clubbyr8]

pics or it didnt happen mate!

OK, just for you...lol

Think I'll scrape that silicone off and use some black stuff. Mod is easy to do.

[1] Use a small screwdriver and lever out the bung that the existing wire goes through.
[2] Pull the excess wire out of the unit and you will notice a joint on each wire covered in heat shrink. Remove the heatshrink. The wires that go to the "heater" are a smaller diameter than the lead-in but mine are solid core and don't get as hot as the lead-in does.
[3] Unsolder both joints noting polarity (not sure if it matters with the heater, but you never know). On my unit, the wire with the white trace is the +ve lead.
[4] Remove the lead-in from the bung, I had to cut it to achieve this. I then drilled a 7mm hole to allow for the bigger gauge wiring.
[5] Strip about 75mm off the outer insulation of the 6mm twin core. Thread the red and black wires through the 7mm in the bung until the twin core is flush against the outside of the bung. Place a small cable tie around the red and black wires flush with the inside of the bung.
[6] Cut a suitable length of heatshrink and place on the solid core wires. Make sure it's big enough to slide over the joint after it's soldered.
[7] Solder each wire making sure you have a good electrical joint. Slide the heatshrink over each joint and heat.
[8] Push the wiring back inside the oven and replace the bung.
[9] Terminate the other end on the connector of choice. In my case, an Anderson plug.

Note: The original wiring came with a 15A inline fuse. As this oven will connect to my battery box, the fusing is done there so there is no need for an inline fuse for my setup. Always make sure you fuse this oven some how.

IMG_0881 by Bob Howard, on Flickr

[rusty_nail]

very nice mate!

[mudski]

I just gave mine a test run the other day. IT heats up way faster than my other one, albeit the smaller model. The wires got warm but not hot. I think I will change the wires though. I have some 4mm twin core, still bigger than whats on there. So I will do a temp install with the 4mm and see what its like.

[threedogs]

Dont you think it would warm up differently with a tin of baked beans or other food in it.
as the heat would need to transfer into the food,? I brought mine in the big
sale of 2014 and still haven't used it , lol

[mudski]

Easily......

[BSRT.Beast]

I tried using it but when the connection and the wires got so hot quickly I got a tad worried so would love to know how the change to 4mm and 6mm go

[clubbyr8]

I tried using it but when the connection and the wires got so hot quickly I got a tad worried so would love to know how the change to 4mm and 6mm go

Just tried my oven. Put a frozen sausage roll and a party pie in it. Ran it for 50 mins. The only thing that got hot was the oven. Wiring didn't get warm at all, 6mm might be overkill, I would think 4mm is enough, but you gotta use what you have....lol

Oh and the sausage roll and pie were perfect....

Best $16 I've spent in a while......