Depends If you want to use the built in temperature control or not. Be careful not to kink the wire though, it's a capillary type won't work once bent.

That's not the fuse, that's the thermostat. In the old version the fuse was a bit of sheathed wire retained by a bracket on one of the bolts holding the element in.

Wotcha, based in London, UK. Been doing 10(ish) litre batch microBIAB since January using a dunk sparge and been lurking here before deciding to trying a full volume mash. Been very happy with the results so far, just want to remove some of the faff.