RV Gas Stove conversion to PID Tempering Oven and Quench Heater

[KnuckleDownKnives]

Looking for opinions if you all think this would be a decent idea.

I just gutted an RV camper trailer I was given and converting it to a storage trailer. I have the still the working gas stove/oven from it and I'm thinking about converting it to a PID controlled tempering oven and setting up another PID controller to to run 1 to 2 of the stove burners to heat a quench tank. I have almost all of the parts short of the 2 solenoids it would take to control the gas switching.

What are your thoughts and or comments.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Leave the pilot flame intact and running for safety. The PID control should be a lot more accurate than the old thermostat was. You can't use a two-stage control, so go with a simple solenoid ON-OFF control. Since there is a pilot flame, re-ignition isn't a factor. The burners in a gas oven are not really controllable like the burners on the stove top, so ON-OFF is the only way to control the oven temp.

The stovetop can be regulated by a two stage PID. My only caveat here is that it is not a smart idea to be quenching a hot blade into a tank of hot oil on top of a stove with a running oven and top burners., That just has "FIRE" written all over it. A simple drum heater rod or belt that plugs in and the quench tank sitting on a non-flammable surface or the ground is a lot better idea.

 

[KnuckleDownKnives]

Leave the pilot flame intact and running for safety. The PID control should be a lot more accurate than the old thermostat was. You can't use a two-stage control, so go with a simple solenoid ON-OFF control. Since there is a pilot flame, re-ignition isn't a factor. The burners in a gas oven are not really controllable like the burners on the stove top, so ON-OFF is the only way to control the oven temp.

The stovetop can be regulated by a two stage PID. My only caveat here is that it is not a smart idea to be quenching a hot blade into a tank of hot oil on top of a stove with a running oven and top burners., That just has "FIRE" written all over it. A simple drum heater rod or belt that plugs in and the quench tank sitting on a non-flammable surface or the ground is a lot better idea.

I knew I was overlooking something with using the top burners as a quench tank heater. That's no issue as I already have an electric rod heater or single electric burner that I've been using and work good. I was thinking the oven would be nice since it's a lot larger than my toaster oven and I could do larger blades. This project is on the 'back burner' just thinking of options.