In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sat, 16 Jun 2012 10:37:36 -0700: Hi, [snip] >The current is kept absolutely >constant to the heater, so that there is no variation on P-in during the >run.
Resistance heaters usually have a resistance that is temperature dependant (at least to some degree), so a constant current doesn't necessarily imply constant power. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html