I've decided to buy a single burner hot plate and tap into the control knob. May be weeks before I get the part, wire it, wire the popper, and try it. If anyone is curious, I think I may post my result with that experiment here.
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My goal is to be able to vary the voltage to the 1200 watt heating element of the popper during different phases of roasting the coffee beans, with all the beans roasted as evenly as possible as they move past the vents (side vent poppers rotate the beans, but at any given moment, only a...
Thanks Jim, but I need at least 1200 watts, possibly 1400 at some point. I saw an entry in another thread about using a electric stove heating element control switch. I might give that a try depending on other replys I may get here.
I use a popcorn popper to roast coffee beans. I'd like to be able to vary the heat of the heating element (as inexpensively as possible). My thought is to connect into the internal wiring of the popper to the heating element and run a wire out to connect to some type of external controller...