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It works.
The ceramic heater I detail in the first post cost about £4.60. I did file it down a bit to slim the depth, and added a sawn down copper end stop for a pan (£2), which I wired onto the aluminium heater, and screwed the whole lot onto a wooden handle. It is slim enough to go into a hive entrance.
It did take about 4 mins to come up to temp and another 5 mins to sublimate all the oxalic ( but I just bunged in a dollop - probably too much), but it was done in the open air so I could observe what was happening.
OK, it is slow and a bit Heath Robinson, but for £7 I have a workable vapouriser.
The ceramic heater I detail in the first post cost about £4.60. I did file it down a bit to slim the depth, and added a sawn down copper end stop for a pan (£2), which I wired onto the aluminium heater, and screwed the whole lot onto a wooden handle. It is slim enough to go into a hive entrance.
It did take about 4 mins to come up to temp and another 5 mins to sublimate all the oxalic ( but I just bunged in a dollop - probably too much), but it was done in the open air so I could observe what was happening.
OK, it is slow and a bit Heath Robinson, but for £7 I have a workable vapouriser.