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Any electricians here? Need some help
#19830570 - 04/11/14 10:14 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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I purchased this skillet heating element with the intention of being able to head up an external piece of metal. However, the protruding rod doesnt heat, it must be a temperature gauge or ground?
There are two female inserts on either side of the center rod, which I have now figured is to attached to the piece of metal being heated. MY question is, if I insert a loop into these inserts, will they effectively heat up? Or am i missing a ground somewhere? Do I need to connect the loop to the center rod as well to avoid shock?
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Edited by ManianFH (04/11/14 10:16 PM)
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: ManianFH]
#19830699 - 04/11/14 10:50 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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if you stick a piece of wire between the two it will cause an explosion, burned fuses and possibly a fire... metal is not a heating element.
edit: don't kill yourself with electricity, buy something pre-made.
edit edit: what you have there is an adjustable power lead, not a heating element.
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Edited by Northerner (04/11/14 10:54 PM)
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: Northerner]
#19830717 - 04/11/14 10:57 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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The heating element designed for that device has a very specific resistance that will limit the amount of current the circuit will draw. You put a piece of metal in there and you have a short circuit.
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: Northerner]
#19830723 - 04/11/14 10:59 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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The rod is definitely a ground. The heating part of a griddile is in the griddle (some type of resistance) not the plug. Don't fuck yourself up.
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: Intension]
#19830730 - 04/11/14 11:01 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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there is no ground... look at the plug. It is just a guide for plugging the lead into the skillet.
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: ManianFH]
#19830781 - 04/11/14 11:20 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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I believe the part that sticks out is indeed a temperature probe.
OP, if that piece is all you have, you don't have a heating element. You basically have a thermostat. The heating element is in the skillet part.
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: psi]
#19830785 - 04/11/14 11:23 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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psi said: I believe the part that sticks out is indeed a temperature probe.
OP, if that piece is all you have, you don't have a heating element. You basically have a thermostat. The heating element is in the skillet part.
your missing a piece.
that one.
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Edited by evileye001 (04/11/14 11:24 PM)
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: psi]
#19830790 - 04/11/14 11:26 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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psi said: I believe the part that sticks out is indeed a temperature probe. part.
Knows all about probes, nailed it.
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: evileye001]
#19831230 - 04/12/14 03:39 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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evileye001 said:
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psi said: I believe the part that sticks out is indeed a temperature probe.
OP, if that piece is all you have, you don't have a heating element. You basically have a thermostat. The heating element is in the skillet part.
your missing a piece.
that one.
right so here is a makeshift heating element, basically a bent piece of metal that creates the loop. Someone said this wont have the same resistance as the piece made for the module.
So if I plug this in, its pretty much gonna explode, and not heat up?
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: ManianFH]
#19831239 - 04/12/14 03:47 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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just get a few DC batteries, enough to get some good AMPs and some cheap but think gauge copper wire. Wire the batteries in Parallel to increase AMPS and you can get that wire pretty hot and no risk of short circuiting anything, but you might start a fire.
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: Moorning Due]
#19831254 - 04/12/14 03:56 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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mick said: right so here is a makeshift heating element, basically a bent piece of metal that creates the loop. Someone said this wont have the same resistance as the piece made for the module.
So if I plug this in, its pretty much gonna explode, and not heat up?
if its not a high conductive metal, plug it in on the lowest setting some where fire and sparks wont matter. basically in a "safe zone" and see what happens. except for potential melt down and sparks the worst that will happen is a breaker will trip.
heating elements have a high conductive resistance. that pic looks like aluminum or steel, witch has a LOW conductive resistance and is NOT GOOD.
if you decide to plug it in keep the device where it has ABSOLUTELY no chance to catch any thing else on fire. there is a good chance it will flip a breaker if any thing is wrong.
metals like iron have low conductivity and are better for a heating element.
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Moorning Due said: just get a few DC batteries, enough to get some good AMPs and some cheap but think gauge copper wire. Wire the batteries in Parallel to increase AMPS and you can get that wire pretty hot and no risk of short circuiting anything, but you might start a fire.
basically what i said in a previous post of yours on this but i got degraded and called stupid.
you could use a ac to dc converter so you dont need batterys but thats tricky business if you dont know exactly what you dealing with.
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Edited by evileye001 (04/12/14 04:13 AM)
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: evileye001]
#19831275 - 04/12/14 04:08 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hrmm, don't ever remember berating anyone... What did I say? I usually prefer anal to harsh words.
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: ManianFH]
#19831278 - 04/12/14 04:10 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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edit.
repeated my self.
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Edited by evileye001 (04/12/14 04:13 AM)
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: evileye001]
#19831314 - 04/12/14 04:46 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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That looks like stainless steal don't use stainless. Use good old fashion steal . Stainless releases all sort of nasty when it's heated.
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: trekie]
#19831321 - 04/12/14 04:51 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Perhaps you mean "steel".
"Steel", is a metal.
"Steal", is what scumbags do.
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: ManianFH]
#19831336 - 04/12/14 05:00 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Northerner said:
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psi said: I believe the part that sticks out is indeed a temperature probe. part.
Knows all about probes, nailed it.
Yeah, it's most likely a thermocouple.
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Moorning Due said: just get a few DC batteries, enough to get some good AMPs and some cheap but think gauge copper wire. Wire the batteries in Parallel to increase AMPS and you can get that wire pretty hot and no risk of short circuiting anything, but you might start a fire.
That's pretty bad advice. If you use thin wire, the wire will melt (and may cause a fire that way), if you use thick wire, the batteries will short and catch fire/explode.
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mick said: MY question is, if I insert a loop into these inserts, will they effectively heat up?
Yes, but it's unclear how much power the thermostat (the thing with the turning knob) can handle, hence, it's virtually impossible to work out what length and thickness of which sort of metal you'd have to use. If you are bent on proceeding with this, make sure you use a socket that is connected to a circuit breaker (fuse) and use regular, not too thick iron wire. Iron has a higher resistance than copper, so you'll need less wire to achieve your goal. Copper wire could be used too, but is unnecessarily expensive for this application and you'd need more of it. But all considered, I'd advice against this.
What is the application that you have in mind? Perhaps we can suggest a safer method to achieve what you're trying to do.
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: koraks]
#19831349 - 04/12/14 05:06 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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OP... DO NOT FUCK WITH ELECTRICITY! YOU WILL KILL YOURSELF AND OTHERS!!!
Go to tech, read some websites... don't ask the stoners on shroomery, go to electrician websites. Buy a pre-made unit, buy insurance already.
It's not like if your grow fails you try again... If it fails you die.
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: koraks]
#19831352 - 04/12/14 05:09 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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koraks said:
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Moorning Due said: just get a few DC batteries, enough to get some good AMPs and some cheap but think gauge copper wire. Wire the batteries in Parallel to increase AMPS and you can get that wire pretty hot and no risk of short circuiting anything, but you might start a fire.
That's pretty bad advice. If you use thin wire, the wire will melt (and may cause a fire that way), if you use thick wire, the batteries will short and catch fire/explode.
That's why you use wire that isn't too thick or thin.. Used to do this ALL the time as a kid... Never had a battery blow up. You need thick wire to wire the batteries together, but you can coil wire to increase the temp within the coil.
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: Moorning Due]
#19831359 - 04/12/14 05:11 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Sure, you can balance your way into a stable situation, but the trial and error process is quite tricky. The best approach would be to calculate the length and thickness of the wire needed to achieve a stable heating situation instead of just guessing and ending up with a hole in your workbench or burning lithium all over the place So I'm not saying it can't be done, but it's just too risky of an approach IMO.
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Re: Any electricians here? Need some help [Re: koraks]
#19831795 - 04/12/14 08:15 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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You should probably measure the resistance of a heating element to get an idea of what you should be putting in the circuit, but as a general idea with a 120V you'd want something between 50 and 100 ohms to draw no more than a couple amps, which is probably all that device is capable of.
I think most elements are made out of ceramics or fairly poor conducting alloys.
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