Hi all,
My name is Josh & I'm just starting to get into electronics and working on some projects to further develop my skills however have reached and impasse so seeking your assistance. Nice to meet you all
I have some basic electronics skills from messing around with breadboards etc to wiring PA speakers and building a power distro that linked multiple pieces of equipment (low power consumption) into a single IEC outlet. That said my knowledge is still basic especially theory-wise.
I am trying to build a heating device that heats a sheet of plastic to about 160 degrees C in the shortest amount of time possible. I want to use an infrared heat source to directly heat the object. I plan to control the heat lamp with an IEC fused switch like below.
I will use an IR sensor to read the temperature so I know when to turn it off (I know how to do that bit). Later I will build a circuit that automatically switches off when it reaches temperature but that's for another time.
Below I have pictures of the heating methods I have been looking into. The first one is a 1000w ceramic heater with ring connectors, 300c-700c range. The second is a 250W IR reflector lamp bulb.
For the first option I roughly calculated I would need about 4.5 amps to power one, or 9 amps to power two. A few questions if I may on this one:
- Is it safe to wire one or two of these to the above fused IEC connector?
- Am I right in thinking that would need a 5 or 10 amp fuse depending on 1 or 2 heating elements?
- If so how would I wire it? Any ideas how I would wire one or two of these to a IEC plug and is that a safe option?
For the second, I figured I could use four to six of these bulbs in a similar setting with 5/8 amp fuses depending on number of bulbs. Could anybody suggest best way to hook up 4 of these to 1 IEC plug?
Thanks all for reading and appreciate your time taken to respond
Josh
My name is Josh & I'm just starting to get into electronics and working on some projects to further develop my skills however have reached and impasse so seeking your assistance. Nice to meet you all
I have some basic electronics skills from messing around with breadboards etc to wiring PA speakers and building a power distro that linked multiple pieces of equipment (low power consumption) into a single IEC outlet. That said my knowledge is still basic especially theory-wise.
I am trying to build a heating device that heats a sheet of plastic to about 160 degrees C in the shortest amount of time possible. I want to use an infrared heat source to directly heat the object. I plan to control the heat lamp with an IEC fused switch like below.
I will use an IR sensor to read the temperature so I know when to turn it off (I know how to do that bit). Later I will build a circuit that automatically switches off when it reaches temperature but that's for another time.
Below I have pictures of the heating methods I have been looking into. The first one is a 1000w ceramic heater with ring connectors, 300c-700c range. The second is a 250W IR reflector lamp bulb.
For the first option I roughly calculated I would need about 4.5 amps to power one, or 9 amps to power two. A few questions if I may on this one:
- Is it safe to wire one or two of these to the above fused IEC connector?
- Am I right in thinking that would need a 5 or 10 amp fuse depending on 1 or 2 heating elements?
- If so how would I wire it? Any ideas how I would wire one or two of these to a IEC plug and is that a safe option?
For the second, I figured I could use four to six of these bulbs in a similar setting with 5/8 amp fuses depending on number of bulbs. Could anybody suggest best way to hook up 4 of these to 1 IEC plug?
Thanks all for reading and appreciate your time taken to respond
Josh
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