Andrew Leigh
Member
Hi,
I was reading another post which interested me.The poster was looking for a rapid response temperature control circuit to set the temperature on a PWM contolled heating element.
What would the benefits of a PWM heater be? The only one that I can think of is that the heater would appear to be "on" permananetly unlike with a normal thermostat where the intervals between on and off are much longer. Would PWM therefore have almost a 0° hysteresis.
Would PWM be more efficient than a conventional controller element arrangement?
Cheers
Andrew
I was reading another post which interested me.The poster was looking for a rapid response temperature control circuit to set the temperature on a PWM contolled heating element.
What would the benefits of a PWM heater be? The only one that I can think of is that the heater would appear to be "on" permananetly unlike with a normal thermostat where the intervals between on and off are much longer. Would PWM therefore have almost a 0° hysteresis.
Would PWM be more efficient than a conventional controller element arrangement?
Cheers
Andrew