View Full Version : I hate when I think of this stuff ....
Ok, sitting here and another post triggered a question. Has anybody tried using a simple emersion aquarium heater for liquifying or bottling? They are cheap and come in a lot of wattages, up to 250 watts at least. Enquiring minds want to know.....
slickbrightspear
02-03-2009, 10:12 AM
no I had not thought of it but for us small guys it might work well and be cost effective
Sundance
02-03-2009, 10:20 AM
Should work........ slow perhaps, but cheap. They
are meant to heat to the 70F to 80F range so I
am not sure how high they go.
And of course they are glass....... you'd have to be
careful.
Brenda
02-03-2009, 10:56 AM
I'm not up on the newest heaters, but if I recall, the old ones would get hot pretty quick if they weren't submerged when they kicked on. May work for liquid honey but I don't know about trying to re-liquefy with?
xC0000005
02-03-2009, 10:57 AM
Tried it. I was not happy with the results - if I had it turned down low enough to not scorch the honey, it did not liquify all the way to the outside. Perhaps with a circulator.
Your milleage may vary. I tried two - a completely submersible one and a clamp on one with similar unsatisfactory results.
Good luck.
And there you have it. Saved us all some work. Thanks.
jeff123fish
02-04-2009, 04:02 PM
Tried it. I was not happy with the results - if I had it turned down low enough to not scorch the honey, it did not liquify all the way to the outside. Perhaps with a circulator.
Your milleage may vary. I tried two - a completely submersible one and a clamp on one with similar unsatisfactory results.
Good luck.
Do you remember what strenth heater you used ? just curious as to weather or not a larger one might work for say five gallon pails of semi crystalized honey
sqkcrk
02-04-2009, 04:31 PM
Just put your buckets of crystalized honey up next to the wood stove and rotate them every now and then. Works for me.
tecumseh
02-05-2009, 05:30 AM
sqkcrk writes:
the wood stove
tecumseh:
them yankees are makin' stoves out of wood these days? how curious.... though the black cat.
KQ6AR
02-06-2009, 06:57 PM
If the aquarium heater was sealed in a container of water then submerged it probably wouldn't scorch the honey.
My aquarium has 2 500watt heaters. You can buy 1000w and higher.
www.marinedepot.com
wfarler
02-07-2009, 09:02 AM
I have wrapped a seed starter heat pad around a five gallon bucket. provides a very slow low heat that will work over time. wrapped the whole thing with towels. Not sure if it would work for heavily crystalized honey.
I like the idea of using low heat slowly, my opinion is high head destroys flavor.