Subj : HMMM? Anybody Home? To : Ky Moffet From : Barry Martin Date : Mon May 27 2024 07:01:00 Hi Ky! > > > > KM> > > > KM> 360 watts. I could run several and cook more than two eggs at > > > KM> once! > > > Huh: that's a lot lower than I expected! > > KM> It's for an egg, not a rump roast :) > > I figured to boil.... > KM> It's boiling KM> doodad> 1/8th to 1/4th cup of water, depending how cooked you > KM> want your eggs. That doesn't take much! > So sounds like it boils the eggs, for how long determined by the amount > of water, then when the water is boiled off a thermal switch 'overheats' > and switches the heating element off. KM> It steam-cooks the eggs, but because it vents off, the steam KM> stays at boiling temp. If it were enclosed therefore under KM> increasing pressure, would get a lot hotter! And become a mini pressure cooker! (You want hard boiled eggs? I'll give you hard boiled eggs!!) KM> And yes, same basic way toasters and lots of other KM> thermostat-things work -- if it had an auto-off switch, which KM> mine does not -- bimetallic strip gets X-hot, bends and breaks KM> the circuit. Yup: super-simple concept. Trick is to make the make the opening/closing temperature consistent. ...Somewhat consistent. KM> You might enjoy "Technology Connections" channel on youtube -- he KM> does deep dives into how stuff like this works. One of the more KM> interesting was the self-ejecting toaster, itself just a KM> glorified thermostat. And.... the mechanical pinball machine, OMG KM> complicated. I super-vaguely recall I fixed my parents' toaster back when I was an early teen-ager. ...With Dad's permission. Good news for me: his attitude was "if it's broken can't make it much worse" so I got to repair quite a few items. Back to the toaster, I don't recall what was wrong but it didn't work right and I corrected whatever the problem was. > KM> And you don't want to cook eggs too fast; they get tough. > Visualizing angry-looking eggs, flexing their muscles. KM> AVMUG's logo was an eagle, but I always thought it looked like a KM> tough chicken! I've seen a few eagle logos which do look more like roosters. KM> https://web.archive.org/web/20130304213030/http://www.avmug.av.org KM> /index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130304213030/http://www.avmug.av.org/index ..htm 503 - Service Unavailable https://web.archive.org/web/20130304213030/ 503 - Service Unavailable http://www.avmug.av.org/index.htm Just `spins' Yup: I am connecting to the outside still. > KM> It's really a steam cooker, and the water barely covers the > KM> hotplate. > And I've been immersing my eggs in a saucepan of boiling water to make > hard boiled eggs! KM> Steam is water, it's just more widely distributed. Think of it as KM> clouds from hell. Especially when a body part 'flies' through at close range! ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® .... How do dragons blow out candles? --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .