Greetings; Not sure this is the right forum aas I am not a electrical engineer but a Glass Artist. Recently built a annealing oven (just a large electric oven) where temperature can reach 1000 degrees. I* want to add a safety factor, limit switches that turn of the exposed elements when the front doors of the oven are open.
The voltage to the oven is 240 volts with 50amps. The problem is that while most limit switches (want to use a horizontal) such as Omron ZE-N-2S-NOS are rated to 480 volts they are only reach 15 amps.
Question how do I maintain the voltage but lower the amps to 15 amps ( or do I need to worry about exceeding the 15 amps) so I can connect the limit switch to shut off power when a door is open.
Simple and cheap is best as I am a poor artist
Thanks
The voltage to the oven is 240 volts with 50amps. The problem is that while most limit switches (want to use a horizontal) such as Omron ZE-N-2S-NOS are rated to 480 volts they are only reach 15 amps.
Question how do I maintain the voltage but lower the amps to 15 amps ( or do I need to worry about exceeding the 15 amps) so I can connect the limit switch to shut off power when a door is open.
Simple and cheap is best as I am a poor artist
Thanks