Unit up and running! was: Re: Some issues with the Shandon HistoCentre 2. Advice wanted

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On Mar 17, 12:26 pm, Bob Chiovetti <rchiove...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 16, 6:31 am, "Y" <a...@xxx> wrote:
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Hi,

A closer inspection of the unit revealed a second heater for the hotplate
and that one was dead... Contrary to what I tought previously, the heaters
aren't standard cemented resistors, as these are only availlable for 10W
max.

As dimensions were no real problem I replaced the dead heater using a
regular, slightly larger 1K/50W power resistor. I had some trouble finding
heat resistant wire but finally I managed to find some from a defunkt
kitchen stove.

The unit works fine now: the hotplate reaches a temperature of some 90°C
using the highest setting of the temperature control.

Thanks again for your advice!

Yvan.


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