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Interesting! I'm pretty sure the inductor functions to smooth the choppy waveform that the rectified SCR Dimmer output creates. You could easily demonstrate this by bypassing the inductor with a piece of wire. Also, I think the edge of the binder clip shorted the thermocouple wires. I've seen it before, and it is exactly what causes a known good thermocouple to have no response to temperature change.
thanks for the note on the binder clip. I did not think about that, but I'm sure that caused it to short. I got a second heavy duty thermocouple for monitoring now. stay tuned for some heat treating videos.
Interesting! I'm pretty sure the inductor functions to smooth the choppy waveform that the rectified SCR Dimmer output creates. You could easily demonstrate this by bypassing the inductor with a piece of wire. Also, I think the edge of the binder clip shorted the thermocouple wires. I've seen it before, and it is exactly what causes a known good thermocouple to have no response to temperature change.
thanks for the note on the binder clip. I did not think about that, but I'm sure that caused it to short. I got a second heavy duty thermocouple for monitoring now. stay tuned for some heat treating videos.
No fuse? It's nicely built otherwise, but not $360 nicely.
Never mind, there it is 😅