By the way... you do have a heat sink on the SSR right? If not you will burn it out. If you do not know what I am talking about I will need to add some photos... I have tried to load a photo below, but I need to put it on the 'net and then link it. So I have a huge hosted account that I can do almost anything with... I will post the link below, but it may take some time for me to get it in the hosted area. If you read this and try the link AND if the link is not working check back in a hour or so....
The link I will use is;
www.ai-portal.net/beer/DSC09430.JPG
Ha-Ha! I am easily amused huh? Just in case I will try to post below, note that where I have 115 volts this is the lead with 115 volts, by this I mean screw number two (2). To Heater is the lead to the heater, or screw #1 (one). The "Ground" or return "white" wire goes to the wall, circuit box, etc and as such is not shown in the photo. I am assuming you are using black and white wires and to be safe a green wire to go to the green screw inside most receptacle boxes. If you do not know what I am talking about... you should stop now and get an electrician before you kill yourself, really... please stop as I have known several guys to get killed and one lost a child due to poor understanding of what he was doing... Beer... no matter how great, is NOT worth dying for. That said, let's continue.... after checking your health policy of course...
For what it is worth... you can switch or reverse the way I connected this relay, it will not matter. By this I mean you can have power to the side I called heater and heater on the side I called 115 volts. YOU DO NOT USE THE LOW POWER SIDE TO CONNECT 115 VOLTS OR THE HEATER! The low power side in the photo is the lower connectors with the red and the yellow leads.
NOTE: The red wire at the bottom of the SSR? This comes from the Mypin controller #7 and the yellow wire is from the Mypin controller #8. This is the low amp DC output generated due to output from the thermocouple. When the temps are too low then the field in this ssr is turned on which causes a connection across the high voltage side of the SSR.
I am beginning to think a nice video explaining some basic electronics may be a really good idea... I may just make one and post it here somewhere.