I am new to the electronics world, so please forgive my ignorance, I have a mechanical design background so please respond in "little steps"
I have a heating element which will be powered by a 24vdc power supply, at this time, I am not sure what max current I will be getting, however for this question, let's assume that I have 2A available to the heater. From this same power supply, I would like to power an assortment of low consumption devices. My heater is such that it pulls as much current as I can provide to it when it is below it's rated temperature, and the current draw reduces proportionately as the temperature of the device climbs. I would like to limit the maximum current to the heater to 1.5A.
I am probably missing an obvious solution, but please refer to the first sentence of my post.
Thank you for any and all suggestions
I have a heating element which will be powered by a 24vdc power supply, at this time, I am not sure what max current I will be getting, however for this question, let's assume that I have 2A available to the heater. From this same power supply, I would like to power an assortment of low consumption devices. My heater is such that it pulls as much current as I can provide to it when it is below it's rated temperature, and the current draw reduces proportionately as the temperature of the device climbs. I would like to limit the maximum current to the heater to 1.5A.
I am probably missing an obvious solution, but please refer to the first sentence of my post.
Thank you for any and all suggestions