With the New Year I am starting my mini electric kiln project and would be grateful for your recommendations or even guidance.
For the time being I am calculating how long and how thick heating kanthal wire I need. Preliminary results are, that I need 20 meters of kanthal wire of 1 mm (or 0.04") diameter.
This should support 1600 W input power and max. kiln temperature of some 2000°F. The kiln size is 3x4.5x12". Quite challenging is to calculate the diameter of the heating spiral so, that it can be accommodated in the side walls of the kiln. The heating spiral must be stretched so that its threads do not touch each other.
Simultaneously I am considering suitable PID temperature regulator.
Jan
For the time being I am calculating how long and how thick heating kanthal wire I need. Preliminary results are, that I need 20 meters of kanthal wire of 1 mm (or 0.04") diameter.
This should support 1600 W input power and max. kiln temperature of some 2000°F. The kiln size is 3x4.5x12". Quite challenging is to calculate the diameter of the heating spiral so, that it can be accommodated in the side walls of the kiln. The heating spiral must be stretched so that its threads do not touch each other.
Simultaneously I am considering suitable PID temperature regulator.
Jan