Ray Diddens
- Jul 29, 2014
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I am trying to find a way to monitor a heating element once it has reached it maximum operating temperature, however without using a temperature sensor.
Thermocouple type temperature sensors are just too slow in reacting, once the heating element has been turned off. IR sensors work but are too expensive for my application.
I need to know once I am below a certain temperature, as well as understand more or less once I have achieved the heating elements maximum (or stabilized) temperature.
It is not important that I know what the actual temperature is. I am hoping there is something I can monitor within the electrical circuit to identify my acceptable low temperature limit.
I would assume there is something that can be monitored within the electrical circuit while the heating element is warming up, and the this unit of measurement should stabilize once the heating element has reached its maximum operating temperature.
Any ideas on how this can be achieved?
Thermocouple type temperature sensors are just too slow in reacting, once the heating element has been turned off. IR sensors work but are too expensive for my application.
I need to know once I am below a certain temperature, as well as understand more or less once I have achieved the heating elements maximum (or stabilized) temperature.
It is not important that I know what the actual temperature is. I am hoping there is something I can monitor within the electrical circuit to identify my acceptable low temperature limit.
I would assume there is something that can be monitored within the electrical circuit while the heating element is warming up, and the this unit of measurement should stabilize once the heating element has reached its maximum operating temperature.
Any ideas on how this can be achieved?