Oven Build Questions

[bhooge]

Hi all,

I happened to latch on to a stainless steel blanket warmer (seems to be insulated very good..at 250 the outside is only warm to the touch) at the hospital I work at and would like to convert it to a PC oven. It is about 5 cubic ft and presently has one of those silicon/kapton heating elements on the bottom and can only reach about 250 degrees. If I was to get one 2000 watt bake element to replace this one and the following parts would they all work together for what I am trying to do here? Would one element heat this to 400+ degrees? Thanks for any and all help with this.

1-universal 1/32 DIN PID temp controller
1-40 amp SSR
1-K-type thermo-couple
(all the above from Auber instruments)

1-2000 watt bake element

Brian

[ed_denu]

Brian, One 2000 watt element should easily heat 5 cu ft. If you buy your parts from auber they should all work together.

I'm not sure they make 2000 watt 120 volt elements, but if you could find one it would eliminate the need for a 240 volt circuit. PID, SSR, etc would work with either.

The 40 amp SSR is more than adequate as the 2000 watt element would consume a little over 8 amps at 240 vac and twice that at 120 vac.

[bhooge]

ed,

I would do that but the warmer as it is now says not to exceed 7 amps. I already have a 220 outlet in my garage so it will not be a problem going that route. I just wanted to make sure al the parts would work together and make the wiring simple. Thanks a bunch.

Brian