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Title: PID Controller
Post by: weltzing63 on 03/31/20 19:12 UTC

Does anyone have a wiring diagram or pictures of how to wire up a Pid controller, thermometer and a ssr to a presto pot??

I've done a ton of research and there's a lot of people who have this setup,  but talk as though they are electrical engineers on how they set their's up, lol.

I'm very challenged when it comes to electrical work,  so please be detailed on what PID and SSR you have purchased as well as how it is wired up.

Much appreciated!!

- Grant

Title: Re: PID Controller
Post by: WALLEYE WACKER on 04/01/20 05:12 UTC

https://ultramolds.com/product/mini-shooting-star/
This is what some people use instead of building something
https://www.ritehete.com/
Hear is another one

Title: Re: PID Controller
Post by: weltzing63 on 04/01/20 06:33 UTC

I already have a presto pot with a mixer motor. Just trying to keep it low cost for now. 

Title: Re: PID Controller
Post by: WALLEYE WACKER on 04/01/20 07:03 UTC

Hear ya on cost maybe someone here know more a bought this than I.
http://stores.jacobsbaits.com/stepless-heat-control/
Call this guy and ask him about this.

Title: Re: PID Controller
Post by: weltzing63 on 04/01/20 07:27 UTC

I will probably invest in an injection machine next year,  but i need something to get me through this next fall/winter. Just signed up with a large retailer (10 stores) within the ice belt.  Using the presto pot and mixing up 1/2 to 1 gal of plastisol and keeping it hot in the presto pot will increase my output 10 fold.

Title: Re: PID Controller
Post by: WALLEYE WACKER on 04/01/20 07:46 UTC

Hear ya on that you using one pot or two?

Title: Re: PID Controller
Post by: weltzing63 on 04/01/20 08:15 UTC

One to start with. The plan is to build another, if I can figure out how to wire it up to a PID temp controller,  lol. Otherwise two pots will be too much to babysit while injecting from the first. 

Once all setup, it will be quite the operation for just ice plastics!!