On Jul 26, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Mike S wrote:

> You said "I'm bypassing the heater rod altogether." when measuring
> voltage between those two wires, to which I replied: "test the ohms
> through the heater rod." Same wires, same heater rod.

Okay, My misunderstanding. As I said, I'm new at this.

I'll disconnect the wires leading from the terminal block to the
heater core and check the ohms by probing their ends.

I really do appreciate everyone's help as I fumble my way through this
stuff.

I'm an artist. Not an electrical engineer . . .

Thomas