PID with fan question???

[plain ol Bill]

Got my Bradley torn down putting in a 900W element. Will hook this up to a PID for control. My question is if you are using a fan to distribute heat do you wire it up to the PID so it comes on with the element or????

[Habanero Smoker]

Hi plain ol Bill;

Welcome to the forum.

I'm not sure what would be better. My thought would be you could do that, but I would think that with the fan cycling on/off, and/or increasing/decreasing speed as the PID cycles; it may be more difficult for the PID to maintain steady temperatures than it would be if the fan speed was steady.

[plain ol Bill]

Yeah, after thinking about it I agree and will wire it for full time on. Thanks for the reply.