Charlie Miller
- Apr 16, 2015
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Hi, as part of my university project ive been tasked with keeping an enclosure of around 200x300x400 (LxWxH) at a constant temperature of around 80 degrees Celsius. I have been looking at doing this with a PID controllers, thermocouple and heating element of some kind. I am however pretty clueless with electronics etc (studying mechanical engineering).
Any information on PID controllers, temperature probes, types of heating elements would be great. Firstly, please forgive my naivety to all things electrical but ive been looking at a couple of controllers and have a few questions, what is the difference between a relay output and a SSR? One of the controllers states an output of 'Output Voltage:24-380V AC' does this mean that the output level can be controlled via the unit or will it still have to be transformed down to use a 12V heater for example. Another controller states it has 'one output', i have been given a small 12v fan heater unit that has four wires, red/black for the fan and brown/blue for the heater, would this controller only be able to control one of the variables, ie power to the heater or power to the fan?
With regards to heaters does anyone have any information on what sort would be best for heating the air in an area this size?
Any information would be greatly, greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Charlie
Any information on PID controllers, temperature probes, types of heating elements would be great. Firstly, please forgive my naivety to all things electrical but ive been looking at a couple of controllers and have a few questions, what is the difference between a relay output and a SSR? One of the controllers states an output of 'Output Voltage:24-380V AC' does this mean that the output level can be controlled via the unit or will it still have to be transformed down to use a 12V heater for example. Another controller states it has 'one output', i have been given a small 12v fan heater unit that has four wires, red/black for the fan and brown/blue for the heater, would this controller only be able to control one of the variables, ie power to the heater or power to the fan?
With regards to heaters does anyone have any information on what sort would be best for heating the air in an area this size?
Any information would be greatly, greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Charlie