[bigben2k]

Assembly complete, and I had my first test run last weekend.

I was only able to maintain a steady temp within +/- 0.4 deg C and could only set the temp within a very narrow range (i.e. 2 or 3 degrees above ambient, no more, no less). As soon as the house AC kicked in, it dropped the room temp by 3 deg C, and the system couldn't keep up anymore.

It was interesting to see the hotwire flex, on those moments when the controller was running it at ~50% duty cycle.

What I observed is that the TC I used would return temps that would jump by 0.2 deg C for no apparent reason. I was going to try my miniature RTDs, but they turned out to be thermistors, and won't link up to the Fuji temp controller.

I'll have a few more runs at it, as is, but I plan to replace the temp probe with an RTD. I might add an RTD to measure the inlet temp. I'll also review the temp controller features; it's a bit more powerful than I expected.