Hi Guys, I'm new here. I'm looking for a little advice.
I have been playing around with electronics/electrics all of my life and I am constantly working on some crazy project. A while ago I had one of those Ureka! moments and I currently developing a new idea....
As part of this project I need to create a heater element - Appologies for the bad drawing, I've just mocked it up quickly to try and make this post more understandable.
I was thinking of using Resistance Wire and encasing it in some kind of ceramic, plaster or plastic etc. I have no experience of using resistance wire so this is where my question comes from. Is there a way of calculating what temperature I can expect once I know the total length, voltage and ohms/metre of the wire. I will be looking at achieving around 90 degrees C. The total length will be around 700mm (possibly longer if it's coiled?). The voltage will be either 24v, 110v or 230v (as you can see I'm not sure of this yet as I don't know much about resistance wire) Maybe there's a better way of doing this?????
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Any help or opinions you guys/gals can provide would be gratefully received as I really am stuck at this vital part of my exciting project
Thanks in advance
Paul
I have been playing around with electronics/electrics all of my life and I am constantly working on some crazy project. A while ago I had one of those Ureka! moments and I currently developing a new idea....
As part of this project I need to create a heater element - Appologies for the bad drawing, I've just mocked it up quickly to try and make this post more understandable.
I was thinking of using Resistance Wire and encasing it in some kind of ceramic, plaster or plastic etc. I have no experience of using resistance wire so this is where my question comes from. Is there a way of calculating what temperature I can expect once I know the total length, voltage and ohms/metre of the wire. I will be looking at achieving around 90 degrees C. The total length will be around 700mm (possibly longer if it's coiled?). The voltage will be either 24v, 110v or 230v (as you can see I'm not sure of this yet as I don't know much about resistance wire) Maybe there's a better way of doing this?????
**broken link removed**
Any help or opinions you guys/gals can provide would be gratefully received as I really am stuck at this vital part of my exciting project
Thanks in advance
Paul
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