Robbies Betta Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 well um.... yeah, I kinda unplugged the wrong heater, took it out of the tank and put in on a plastic container. which about 30 mins later I found to have melted through, and now there is burnt plastic all over the heater. is the heater still usuable? it was a stainless steel one, and still heats the water properly, but I was just worried about the chemicals from the plastic buring when it's in the water? I've out it into an empty tank and switched it on, and there is now white scunge all over the tank. do you think I should just wash it out, and keep doing it until there is no more white crap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 what you can do before sinking it and letting the last chemicals flow out is cool it down and use a plastic/nylon scourer (those stuff to clean dishes), and gently remove the patches of plastic left. once done i believe u can put it into a tub of water and crank it up to 30. i believe after a week or so (changing waters) you should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbies Betta Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Thanx for that Joe, I'll give it a go :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I melted the rubber holders onto a glass one. Cooled it off, cleaned off the residue bought new holders and off it went ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbies Betta Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 thanx for that Abs ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 I put a heater still going on a towel, when smoke started rising from the towel, I unplugged it and threw it in the waterchange bucket and it exploded into a million pieces... ... this was more your cautionary type tale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berryfriendly Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 :) Must admit - I've done this too Bren. My husband won't let me forget it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishchick Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 yeah - if it's hot - just unplug and let cool reeeallll slow. Thank goodness heaters are about 1/4 the price they used to be! If it's a steel heater, perhaps putting in an ice slurry to make the plastic brittle and easy to chip off? ( have the heater switched off of course!!!) Just a thought. Cheers, J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 when i had my tanks inside i cleaned them out and well .. a week later i commented that next door has been burning a lot of toast lately as i can smell something around breaky every morning for the last few days ???? you gessed it a big hole in the carpet as i forgot to put heater in water .. lucky the carpet was a bit ignition proof and the heaters thermastat still worked out of water . Chance was with us that day .... this is a tale of when you get older you forget things.... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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