{"title":"Controllers and Control Boxes","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"lcd-pid-control-box-30-amp","title":"LCD PID Control Box - 30 Amp - (1-2 elements)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe hard part of a build, done right and done for you. A complete prewired control box, ready to bolt on. Runs 1 or 2 heating elements, up to 6,500 watts combined.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the buy that makes a home build actually work. It is a complete, prewired PID control box (a control box built around a PID controller, which holds your set temperature automatically): the enclosure, the controller, and every electrical component, assembled and wired before it leaves our shop. Bolt it onto a DIY oven build, or use it to retrofit the controls on an oven or heating setup you already have. It is for the builder who wants to own the metalwork and let us handle the part that is hard to get right: the controls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou skip the part most builds get wrong.\u003c\/strong\u003e The wiring is done, on professional DIN rail, with proper connectors. No birds-nest of wires, no guesswork, no shorts to chase.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe electronics stay cool.\u003c\/strong\u003e The box comes with a mounting bracket that holds it off the hot surface with an air-gap thermal break, keeping the controls out of the heat. We designed this box in-house across several generations, 2023 to 2025.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is more than a bare controller.\u003c\/strong\u003e A built-in cycle timer with an alarm and an indicator light, pulse output (it rapidly switches the element to hold temperature) for a solid-state relay (the electronic switch that pulses the heating element on and off), and ramp-and-soak (it steps through a programmed heat-up, hold, and cool profile) options are all here. The cheap controllers you find online rarely do all of that at once, and none of them show up prewired, with a shop you can call.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt runs well beyond an oven.\u003c\/strong\u003e On an oven the controller is capped at 500 degrees for the oven's own safety. Standalone, you can set this box well beyond that range for a forge, a kiln, or other equipment, and it also runs cooling applications.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in the box\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA fully assembled control box with every electrical component wired and ready.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfessional DIN-rail wiring and connectors (no birds-nest of wires).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mounting bracket, holding the box off the hot surface with a thermal-break air gap.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe power cord.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThermocouple included, along with a cycle timer that comes with an alarm and an indicator light.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe standard 48x48 mm LCD PID display, with larger displays and Bluetooth Ramp and Soak available as options.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Silverback Ovens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51541734195478,"sku":null,"price":399.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/2798\/8502\/files\/sb-box-pdp-display-ladder_5530c0eb-8c6e-405a-aae8-fbd176d42b29.jpg?v=1786900700"},{"product_id":"lcd-pid-controller","title":"Silverback LCD PID Controller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe brains for your own build. A fully featured PID controller that holds your set temperature automatically.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is for the hands-on builder. If you are wiring your own control box, building a forge or a kiln, or replacing a controller that quit, this is the part that runs the show. It is the lowest-cost way to get Silverback's controls: you already have the box, so you just need the brains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou get a fully featured controller, not a bare-bones one.\u003c\/strong\u003e The cheap controllers you find online usually skip the extras. This one has a built-in timer and pulse output (it rapidly switches the element to hold temperature) for a solid-state relay (the electronic switch that pulses the heating element on and off), together in one unit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou program it with a real person on the phone if you want.\u003c\/strong\u003e Call us for as long as you own it and we will walk you or your employees through the programming. That does not stop when the warranty does.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt runs more than a powder oven.\u003c\/strong\u003e Set it well beyond an oven's range for a forge or a kiln, or switch it to a cooling application. It does the same on-off control either direction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt ships ready to program.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is the controller itself, not a wired-up control box, so you or your employees wire it into your build.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Silverback Ovens","offers":[{"title":"48x48 mm","offer_id":51542178922774,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL 48x96 mm","offer_id":51542178955542,"sku":null,"price":179.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL 72x72 mm","offer_id":51542178988310,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3XL 96x96 mm","offer_id":51542179021078,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/2798\/8502\/files\/sb-lcd-pid-standard-48x48-v2.jpg?v=1787722795"},{"product_id":"ramp-soak-bluetooth-pid-controller","title":"Silverback Ramp \u0026 Soak Bluetooth Controller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe brains for your own build, programmed from your phone. A fully featured PID controller that holds your set temperature automatically and that you set up in plain English on a free app.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is for the hands-on builder who wants to program the controller from a phone instead of poking through shorthand menus on a small display. If you are wiring your own control box, building a forge or a kiln, running a specialty cure like Cerakote, or replacing a controller that quit, this is the part that runs the show. It is the \"brains\" you wire into your own build. You already have the box, so you just need the controller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou program it from your phone, in plain English.\u003c\/strong\u003e This model adds Bluetooth and a free phone app (Quick Tune, from the app store). Most people who buy the Bluetooth version buy it for exactly this: setting temperatures and steps on a phone screen in plain words, instead of decoding shorthand on the little controller face.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt does ramp-and-soak.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ramp-and-soak means the controller steps through a schedule on its own: ramp up to a temperature, hold (\"soak\") it, then move to the next step. This unit stores 20 of those profiles, up to 9 steps each. If you run a multi-step cure like Cerakote, that is the feature you came for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou get a fully featured controller, not a bare-bones one.\u003c\/strong\u003e The cheap controllers you find online usually skip the combination that matters: a built-in timer, shutoff ability, pulse output (it rapidly switches the element to hold temperature) for a solid-state relay (the electronic switch that pulses the heating element on and off), and ramp-and-soak, together in one unit. This one has all of that, plus phone programming. It also carries a cycle alarm and a high-visibility multicolor LCD.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou program it with a real person on the phone if you want.\u003c\/strong\u003e Call us for as long as you own it and we will walk you or your employees through the programming. 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A full-touchscreen PID controller that automatically reads the temperature and holds it where you set it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is for the hands-on builder who wants the best controller we offer. If you are wiring your own control box, building a forge or a kiln, or want the easiest one to read and set, this is the top of our line. It comes programmed and ready to wire into your build.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou get a full touchscreen, not a pushbutton unit.\u003c\/strong\u003e You set and read everything on the screen: the live temperature, your set point, and the built-in timer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is a fully featured controller, not a bare-bones one.\u003c\/strong\u003e The cheap controllers you find online usually skip the extras. This one is our top controller: it has the built-in timer and the pulse output (it rapidly switches the element to hold temperature) for a solid-state relay (the electronic switch that pulses the heating element on and off).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou program it with a real person on the phone if you want.\u003c\/strong\u003e Call us for as long as you own it and we will walk you or your employees through the programming. That does not stop when the warranty does.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt runs more than a powder oven.\u003c\/strong\u003e On one of our ovens the controller is capped at the oven's material limit. 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