Kenneth J. Nowicki on tue 13 aug 02
Here's a thought... why not plug that old electric skillet into an appliance
timer then plug the timer into your outlet? You could set the timer for any
length of time... how about just for the hours you are in your studio... or
even less? A variety of these timers can be found at most hardware stores.
Just me two cents worth. (hmmm... maybe I'll send this one to CM for my ten
bucks... lol)
Ken
Kenneth J. Nowicki
Port Washington, NY
RakuArtist@aol.com
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> How many times have you left your wax pan plugged in overnite? This
> forgetfulness has led to more than one studio burning down.
> Personally I think posting this is quite irresponsible and in fact, could
> lead many novices and beginners to try this.
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> Yeah, "you have a form of napalm here, but it works great" and FURTHER, the
> studio studio smells great. Pleeease!!!!
> This is really stupid, to say the least.
> Mr. Mayor!!! You need to look carefully at something like this, please!
> Jonathan
Andi Fasimpaur on tue 13 aug 02
At 05:40 PM 8/13/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Here's a thought... why not plug that old electric skillet into an appliance
>timer then plug the timer into your outlet? You could set the timer for any
>length of time... how about just for the hours you are in your studio... or
>even less? A variety of these timers can be found at most hardware stores.
>Just me two cents worth. (hmmm... maybe I'll send this one to CM for my ten
>bucks... lol)
While this might be a really great idea, the problem is that most of us
aren't in the studio *EVERY* day... we take a day off here, go to a show
there, having a timer might encourage some of us to be a little *LESS*
cautious and habitual about turning the appliance off... (I considered once
getting one of those timers that you use to turn the lights off and on when
you are away to use as an added back-up to the power switch on the little
heater I use to keep my throwing water warm)
Just injecting another point of view.
Toodles,
Andi.
vince pitelka on thu 15 aug 02
>Here's a thought... why not plug that old electric skillet into an
appliance
>timer then plug the timer into your outlet? You could set the timer for any
>length of time... how about just for the hours you are in your studio... or
>even less? A variety of these timers can be found at most hardware stores.
>Just me two cents worth. (hmmm... maybe I'll send this one to CM for my
ten
>bucks... lol)
The trouble here is that appliance timers are meant for very low-wattage
devices, and would not handle the load of an electric skillet. You might be
creating a much greater fire danger. Generally when a higher-wattage
appliance is controlled by a timer, it involves an industrial interval timer
and a relay switch, and that gets into considerable investment.
Good luck -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Home - vpitelka@worldnet.att.net
615/597-5376
Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
http://www.craftcenter.tntech.edu/
Kenneth J. Nowicki on fri 16 aug 02
Thank you Vince for your insight and thoughts about this. I hadn't realized
or thought about the difference in wattage. You make a good point here. No
sense in trading an unsafe situation for one that has a false sense of
security. You'd think thought that there would at least be a timer device
that would work without being too cost prohibitive... hmmm... Oh well...
maybe someone else can take this idea a step further? I see an opening here
for an inventor-type person to develop an electric skillet specifically for
waxing pots... complete with a safety shut off, etc... etc.. anyone?
Ken
Kenneth J. Nowicki
Port Washington, NY
RakuArtist@aol.com
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> The trouble here is that appliance timers are meant for very low-wattage
> devices, and would not handle the load of an electric skillet. You might
be
> creating a much greater fire danger. Generally when a higher-wattage
> appliance is controlled by a timer, it involves an industrial interval
timer
> and a relay switch, and that gets into considerable investment.
> Good luck -
> - Vince
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> >Here's a thought... why not plug that old electric skillet into an
> appliance
> >timer then plug the timer into your outlet? You could set the timer for
any
> >length of time... how about just for the hours you are in your studio...
or
> >even less? A variety of these timers can be found at most hardware stores.
> >Just me two cents worth. (hmmm... maybe I'll send this one to CM for my
> ten
> >bucks... lol)
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