Got asked this by someone at work today who is considering getting a Heat Stick or one of Bobbys Hot Rods with a 2000w element..
His question is if he could you use a router speed control switch to control the output of the heat stick as a quick and dirty way of ratching down the element power?
I tend to think this may be an unsafe way to do this on the cheap and told him he would better off with using a SSR w/ PID in a small enclosure setup for this, but figured someone else here might have tried this and has some feedback on it as I honestly am not sure if this is doable safely or not.
His question is if he could you use a router speed control switch to control the output of the heat stick as a quick and dirty way of ratching down the element power?
I tend to think this may be an unsafe way to do this on the cheap and told him he would better off with using a SSR w/ PID in a small enclosure setup for this, but figured someone else here might have tried this and has some feedback on it as I honestly am not sure if this is doable safely or not.