Hi Jeff and Peter
I used a small fan heater to heat my oven, but with a thermostat from a
hot water tank wired into the mains supply. The thermostat was simply
dangled inside the oven somewhere around the middle. You will need a
more accurate thermometer as well to set the temperature on the
thermostat and I found that there was a bit of trial and error involved
in setting the thermostat correctly. My thermometer has a max and min
display and I found that the temperature varied from 40=C2=B0 to
50=C2=B0, so the control wasn=99t that accurate, but sufficient
for these purposes and stopped any potential overheating.
Regards
Rick
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[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey J
Paris
Sent: 18 December 2008 00:22
Subject: Europa-List: A question about post curing?
Dear Listers,
A question about post curing our epoxy parts. Today we built ourselves
an "oven" for baking our parts at the appropriate 40-50 degree celsius
for post cure. We built a 16' X 4' X 4' enclosure out of foil claded
4X8 sheets of insulation foam. The box is backed up to a basement brick
fireplace (no open flames) in which I would like to place a suitable
heating element. I also have use of an attic fan to low air around the
cavity.
Has anybody attempted this before? And if so what did you use to heat
the space. I went to a website that helps you calculate the heating
requirements for 256 cubic feet of space @ 50 degrees celsius came to
about 8900 btu's, however, heat does build up and I want a consistent
heat over a period of hours therefore I will need a thermostat of sorts
I would guess.
Any advice out there? I'm not a thermo engineer just an individual
Europa builder who's looking for an inexpensive way to do the job.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Cheers and Happy Holidays,
Sincerely,
Jeff and Peter Paris Kit# A012 Monowheel Classic
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