Electronic – How to connect a photovoltaic to a heating element directly

I am trying to connect a photovoltaic panel directly to a heating element (coil) without using a battery or an inverter and switch it on or off by using a transistor or a thyristor.

I am well aware that the power won't be constant throughout the day and not have power at all in the night, so you don't have to warn me about that.

The panel supplies a max of 37V and a max current of 8.3A. First I was looking for a high current MOSFET and found quite a few. At home I had IRF3205 which are rated for currents up to 110A and 55V.

Just to be on the safe side, I connected two of them in parallel by following two schematics I found on stack overflow. You can see them in the pictures below:

And here's the link to the stack overflow post: Parallel MOSFETs

I placed the MOSFETS on a large heatsink and then I connected the photovoltaic panels. The MOSFETS have a diode between source and drain which got shorted in just a few seconds after I connected the power from the panels.

I also have a large diode connected to the heating element to prevent reverse current.

I never connected the +5V DC to the gate of the transistor which means it was always closed.

I have also tried using TIP35C which shorted out just like the IRF3502.

Can anyone suggest a solution to this problem with any kind of transistor, or maybe using thyristors and an optocoupler?

Just to clarify some things, the transistor or thyristor will be connected to a microcontroller which will control the switching of power from the photovoltaic panel to the heating element.