I bought a small crock pot to melt Dip Seal for coating resharpened tools however I’m not getting quite enough heat out of it. This crock pot is either on or off there is no high or low setting. Anyone know how I could get a little more heat out of it?
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Dip Seal –Crock Pot, need more heat
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Racer Al
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Open it up and shorten the heating element.
I'd assume that it's a coiled wire which can be easily cut and reattached to the feed.
Don't go too crazy -- I'd suggest you sneak up on it by snipping 1" at a time until it just melts your Dip Seal.
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I'd assume that it's a coiled wire which can be easily cut and reattached to the feed.
Don't go too crazy -- I'd suggest you sneak up on it by snipping 1" at a time until it just melts your Dip Seal.
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14tony
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I use an old electric popcorn popper. Works great. Gets a lot hotter than a crock pot.
surplusjohn
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I Have seen frybabies used, but those get real hot so be carefull
willbird
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A garage sale deep fryer is the solution.
It is nice to be able to change the temp to alter the thickness of the dip coating you get too, hot for thin, colder for thick.
Bill
It is nice to be able to change the temp to alter the thickness of the dip coating you get too, hot for thin, colder for thick.
Bill
FranH
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If the pot has an insert like a slow cooker, put a thin piece of wood under the insert thus not allowing it to overheat.
Another way is to connect it in series from a light bulb....juice in the bulb...out the bulb to in the heater...out to common. Depending on the amount of wattage the bulb uses will affect the amperage (heat) in the Dip Seal.
Another way is to connect it in series from a light bulb....juice in the bulb...out the bulb to in the heater...out to common. Depending on the amount of wattage the bulb uses will affect the amperage (heat) in the Dip Seal.
Evan
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Hook it up to 220.
sandman2234
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Isn't that dipseal stuff flamable at a temp slightly above the melt? Be careful of your temps.
David from jax
David from jax
willbird
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I know if you run it wide open in a deep fryer, then dump it into a cardboard box outside it can ignite the box, just as I dumped it I remembered that Bradbury book "farenheight 451"....nobody got hurt but it made quite a blaze once it got going.
Bill
Bill
JohnnyJohnsoninWI
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Some of the crock pot/slow cookers only have a low/medium/high setting on the thermostat. I recently called the company to ask what temperatures they correspond to. 200/250/300 degrees F was the answer. This isn't hot enough for hot dip.
Four years ago I purchased a Presto (~4 qt.). The thermostat goes up to 400F. I use it without the porcelain liner. If it is half full, it heats up in a few hours. If it's nearly full, it takes several hours. I usually have a batch of stuff to dip every couple weeks and I just let it heat up all day on dip day.
I purchased some mineral wool from McMaster and wrapped the OD of the crock pot, keep the bottom open. This helps reduce heat loss and reduces heating time. I believe that, given a combination of a full pot of dip, no blanket, and a cold shop, the crock pot probably doesn't have enough wattage to ever get up to temperature.
Four years ago I purchased a Presto (~4 qt.). The thermostat goes up to 400F. I use it without the porcelain liner. If it is half full, it heats up in a few hours. If it's nearly full, it takes several hours. I usually have a batch of stuff to dip every couple weeks and I just let it heat up all day on dip day.
I purchased some mineral wool from McMaster and wrapped the OD of the crock pot, keep the bottom open. This helps reduce heat loss and reduces heating time. I believe that, given a combination of a full pot of dip, no blanket, and a cold shop, the crock pot probably doesn't have enough wattage to ever get up to temperature.
Jason33a55s
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I realize this is an old thread but I had the same issue. The Panasonic Panasonic NF-851E Fondue Tempura pot is working great for me. It can get much hotter than the hot dip temp if needed but the temperature control on the front makes it easy to get the temperature you want. It only cost me about $6 as well.
Larry Dickman
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i just use a regular crock pot, however mine goes up to 11.
