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 Topic: Difference in Ohms Readings... |
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| peterb Replies: 35 Views: 25629 |
 Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:14 am Subject: Difference in Ohms Readings... |
| To summarize, I think the formulas go something like this
You choose the total Watt output of your oven, lets say you want 2300 Watts. First thing you do is calculate how many Amps you're going to ... |
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| Topic: Heating alternative |
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| peterb Replies: 6 Views: 4880 |
Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:30 pm Subject: Heating alternative |
| The precoiled nichrome wire I used was about $20 for a 10 foot length. Thats enough materail to wire 4 ovens. www.infraredheaters.com has it.
Yes, that was my first stop in finding nicrome wire. Ac ... |
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| Topic: Heating alternative |
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| peterb Replies: 6 Views: 4880 |
Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:39 pm Subject: Heating alternative |
| I'm battleing to find cheap Nicrome wire. I found one supplier, but the price is a rip-off, approx US$1 per foot! so 81' needed would be US$81, and that's not even counting the ceramic posts (which I ... | |
| Topic: Heating alternative |
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| peterb Replies: 6 Views: 4880 |
Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:48 am Subject: Heating alternative |
| Instead of the nicrome wire, has anyone thought about buying some 2nd hand 2 slice bread toasters and using the elements from them ?
The toaster elements even have a backing that could shield the he ... |
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