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Heatmax Calculator

Immersion Heater Wattage Calculator: A tool that makes calculating your wattage needs easy. Once you’ve determined how much wattage you need, speak to one of our experts about the best heater design, watt density and sheath material for your project, or submit a request for quote and one of our team members will get back to you within 24 hours.

All wattage totals and subtotals shown include a 20% safety factor.

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Units:     Imperial     Metric

 

Step 1: Find the liquid’s properties.

Material Specific Heat Boiling Point Density
Look up properties:

I’ll input my liquid’s properties:


cal
g • K

°F

lb / ft³kg / m³

 

Select if your immersion heater will be maintaining or increasing temperature.

Step 2: Enter the process details for your liquid.

Volume of Liquid Starting Temp. Ending Temp. Time to Reach Temp.
gal.L °F°C °F°C hr,

min.

Step 2: Enter the process details for your liquid.

Volume of Liquid Maintenance Temp. Time to Reach Temp.
gal.L °F°C hr,

min.

Total wattage required to raise liquid to operating temperature:

 


 

Check here if you will be adding solid objects to this tank. (This opens steps 1a and 2a for properties of your object.) You can uncheck this to remove this subtotal from the total wattage.

Step 1a: Find the solid object’s properties.

Material Specific Heat Melting Point Density
Look up properties:

I know the object’s thermal properties:


cal
g • K

°F°C

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lb / ft³kg / m³

 

Step 2a: Enter the process details for your solid object.

Weight of Solid Temp. When Inserted Temp. When Removed Time Immersed
 I know the object’s weight:
lb.kg

 Calculate from object’s dimensions:
×
×

in.cm

Calculated weight:

lb.kg
°F°C °F°C

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hr,

min.

Total wattage required to raise solid object to operating temperature:

 

 


 

Step 3: Find surface area of your tank (for wattage loss calculations).

Tank Shape Tank Measurements Surface Area
Square/Rectangular

Cylindrical

Other (or input surface area directly)

Length:
ftcm
in.

 Width:
ft
in.

Diameter:
ftcm
in.

Height:
ftcm
in.

If your tank has an irregular shape, this calculator will not be able to find its surface area. You’ll need to take measurements to find the side, top, and bottom surface areas; you can then use them in the calculator by putting them in the next column of this table.

Top: ft²

Sides (total): ft²

Bottom: ft²

 

Step 4: Find total wattage losses.

Ambient Air Temp. Tank Wall Material Wattage Losses per ft² Total Wattage Losses
°F°C Top:
Sides:
Bottom:

Total wattage losses from all walls at operating temperature:

 


 

Total heating wattage required from immersion heater:

0 watts

Please note that, while this tool uses the same math we use to calculate wattages, we cannot be liable for incorrect information or misuse of the calculator, and results from this calculator do not constitute a guarantee on any product.