On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 03:59:40 +0000, David Anderson wrote:

My home made furnace uses one 220 volt 1500 watt domestic stove-top spiral
wound element from the junk pile. Cost zero$. Dave

Where do you place said element in the furnace ? On the floor of the
chamber and then suspend a false floor above it ?

I'd like to hear more about this setup.