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Motorious	Motorious posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 11, Visits: 99	Luckily this is an electric oven! I may try to also use it for powdercoat curing on metal parts. Thanks again.
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Warren (Staff)	Warren (Staff) posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Administrators Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 8.5K	If yours is a gas oven rather than electric, then I wouldn't want to suggest an ideal controller as gas ovens are not a familiar area of expertise and the potential to blow up your house is quite high if the gas burner is modified and not properly checked. The PID controllers generally are switching, via a relay, an electric element which in most cases has a fan to ensure even heat distribution in the oven. I would imagine a gas oven would not be that evenly heated. Warren Penalver Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant Tags burns death fire Gas Explosion uneven Edited 9 Years Ago by Warren (Staff)
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Motorious	Motorious posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 11, Visits: 99	Thanks for the replies! I do plan to bring the oven into my garage. I was wondering about the temperature control and you guys have verified it would be best to override the control. I have an arduino that i could maybe program to control the burner with PID and an SSR. I wonder if the stock controller uses an SSR or if the burner is just full on/full off. I'm guessing the latter is true for cost! Anyway, for $75 USD I guess it will be a good investment .
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Warren (Staff)	Warren (Staff) posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Administrators Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 8.5K	The problem with household ovens, aside from the hygiene issue if its still in the kitchen, is the temperature regulation. Most domestic ovens the temperature can vary from what is set by as much as 20C as the oven heats and cools while it is running. Depending on your cure cycle this might play havoc with the resin flowing stage of the cure and compromise surface finish. We know people regularly build ovens using domestic oven components and side from the obvious safety precautions, we always suggest using a good quality PID controller to ensure the temperature regulation is pretty accurate. Also many PID controllers are programmable so you can in theory program an entire cure cycle into the unit. Warren Penalver Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant
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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	Of course, it would work fine. If you are wanting to use it for pre-preg curing, which I'm assuming you are given you want a vacuum port, then you really need to get a PID controller, as standard household ovens don't have very good temperature control at all. Really a PID controller would be ideal for whatever process you are doing, and dead simple to install (though you may wish to hire a qualified electrician to do the wiring). However if all you are doing is elevated temperature cures on infused or wet-laid parts, then a household oven works just fine.
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Motorious	Motorious posted 9 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 11, Visits: 99	I did a quick search on this but couldn't find an answer so here is a new topic! Can a household oven be used for curing? Other than a vacuum bag port of some sort, what modifications absolutely need to be made for it to work? I have access to a cheap used one that i could put in my garage but wont bother if it wont work well for composites!
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