I found a food warmer tray we've had for years but not used (the cord was still in factory windup).
I plugged it in and it came up to 220 °F, a bit hot for safety as well as possibly melting the long thin plastic bin I was going to use. (PVS melts/softens a lot at about 221F/105C.) 275 watts. No thermostat, I suspect maybe self-regulating?/equilibrium.
So I put a Variac on it and tamed it to about 45 Volts and 41 W and it runs 130 F and the solution in the bin runs about 95 F. So it will keep it comfortably above room temperature and speed up the reaction a bit.
I plugged it in and it came up to 220 °F, a bit hot for safety as well as possibly melting the long thin plastic bin I was going to use. (PVS melts/softens a lot at about 221F/105C.) 275 watts. No thermostat, I suspect maybe self-regulating?/equilibrium.
So I put a Variac on it and tamed it to about 45 Volts and 41 W and it runs 130 F and the solution in the bin runs about 95 F. So it will keep it comfortably above room temperature and speed up the reaction a bit.
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