jwarr
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Hotplate/Stirrer melting something?
I've got a used hotplate/mag stirrer that I bought off ebay. The stirring works fine but I'm worried about the heater. I turned it on to test it out
and I let it heat up for a good bit. The room started to smell like burning. The best comparison I can make is to a really hot hair straightener?
Has anyone else encountered a similar problem? I'm thinking about just taking it apart to see if I can spot anything obviously wrong but I'm not sure
how much that will do.
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bquirky
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it wasnt just that the hotplate hadnt been run in a while ? most of the hot stuff i have tends to smell odd after a period of inactivity mainly
dust,spills etc burning off.
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rrkss
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probably dust and stuff from the packaging and shipping materials. Just let it run a bit and things should be fine.
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