electricity help !

[givingtnt]

so im turning a smal panini maker into a single sided heater.

 

the thing is, idk if im gonna burn my house down...

 

the schematic is this  :

ac---rez1---rez2
 î------I---------I


the heating elements were in parallel.

if I remove one, is there any danger ? (too much current for the single resistance remaining ?)

[DragonTamer1]

If you remove one, the current through the circuit will decrease according to ohm's law.

 

The current through the overall circuit will be halved but the current through the two elements will remain the same provided the voltage across them doesn't change.

[givingtnt]

18 minutes ago, DragonTamer1 said:

If you remove one, the current through the circuit will decrease according to ohm's law.

 

The current through the overall circuit will be halved but the current through the two elements will remain the same provided the voltage across them doesn't change.

same voltage. its plugged in ac.

I just remove the second element thats in parallel

[Mark77]

Leaving aside the very serious issues of regulatory compliance, and your house insurance being valid making such a modification not authorized by the manufacturer, removing parallel elements from such a circuit should not meaningfully change the heat dissipation in each individual element. 

[givingtnt]

9 minutes ago, Mark77 said:

Leaving aside the very serious issues of regulatory compliance, and your house insurance being valid making such a modification not authorized by the manufacturer, removing parallel elements from such a circuit should not meaningfully change the heat dissipation in each individual element. 

but it does change the resistance and power draw. all the current is focused in one circuit instead of 2.

 

thats my problem and concern.

[Mark77]

Well, in an AC circuit, V = IZ.  V is constant (ie: what comes out of the wall).  Hence, I is inversely proportional to Z.  So if Z is doubled (ie: 1 identical parallel leg removed), then I is cut in half. 

 

But seriously, if you don't understand a modification and the electrical rules behind it, you shouldn't attempt it.