Home thermostat testing requires a very tightly controlled temperature chamber that can ramp temperatures accurately and repeatedly. Vidac's systems provide tighter temperature control than the NEMA specifications call for. Vidac has provided several chambers that provide the tightly controlled laminar airflow conditions as that control temperature to within 0.05°F of the constantly ramping setpoint. Full trending and data reporting is included.
Some system highlights:
- Temperature range: 40-95°F at +/- 0.05°F
- Ramp rates from 1-12°F per hour
- Laminar airflow over the product
- Yokogawa multi-loop temperature controller
- Wonderware InTouch HMI
- Microsoft SQL Database
- Settable test voltage
- Individual loads for each thermostat control (heat, cool, heat-pump, fan, etc...)
- Ability to test line voltage (120-280 VAC) thermostats with high current external load taps
