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Smitty Two

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On Fri, 13 May 2011 21:55:13 GMT, Jesse wrote:

Would anyone happen to know, in a typical oven thermostat set at
say 350 degrees, when it would usually kick on? At 345? At 340?
Lower?

And what would usually be the overshoot? Would it hit a high of
350? Or even higher?

I'm sure these figures vary somewhat model to model. I'm just
looking for a ball park figure.

Thanks.

Unlikely to be better than +/- 5% (17 deg). Possibly no better than
+/- 10% (35 deg).

Certainly subject to variation depending on age and technology used.
An electric oven could possibly have better control than a gas oven
(if PWM used to modulate the heating elements).

Do an online search for specs on various brands. Is Jenn-Air better
than Kenmore or GE?

John

The OP is asking about the size of the hysteresis band, not the accuracy
of the control. Two entirely different things. And what mm was talking
about was also an accuracy adjustment -- surely there is no user option
to adjust hysteresis.