Mr Four Square wrote:Oz Kev Did you run the controller and element through the energy monitor and get a useful result?
Dusty_ben wrote:I've just brought this same one. Could you put up how your going to wire it?
Brigand wrote:Dusty_ben wrote:I've just brought this same one. Could you put up how your going to wire it?
Here viewtopic.php?f=60&t=933&p=27111&hilit=3800W#p27108
and here viewtopic.php?f=24&t=933&start=20#p19193
Cheers
OzKev wrote:
At 50v, not sure what happened. The meter still worked but it must be below the voltage for the meter to read?
Volts on controller = 50v.
Current on meter = 0w
APR wrote:
I am considering whether I should buy a 250 volt analogue meter ... http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/110938888939 ... to fit into the box to give an accurate indication of the power going to the boiler. The power controller is right at this moment being used on my 2000 watt boiler and is so far performing faultlessly.
APR wrote:I picked up a couple of these off eBay. The price was too good to only buy one.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/271355766269
APR wrote:APR wrote:Well, one of these cheap 3800 watt SCR voltage regulators/dimmers packed it in last night while I was using it on a 2000 watt boiler. All of a sudden it was open circuit. I have a spare and have already ordered another, so it looks like I am going to persevere with this type of unit for another two failures :angry-banghead:
I had, in the last day or two, tried this power controller in line with a 5" Bosch angle grinder that already had electronic soft start, and found the combination of SCR power control and soft start together did not work. It seemed like there were irregular spikes of current to full power several times a second, and perhaps this stressed/damaged the power controller.
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