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"Ive read here about disabling the thermostat on the 1500w hotplate but have not seen any info on exactly how to do it. can someone get me pointed in the right direction?
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Basically you just rewire it to bypass the thermostat switch and it runs continously. If you remove the bottom plate and locate the wires that come into the unit from the plugin wire. Follow those. One will go directly to the heating element, the other one will go to the thermostat switch. The one that goes to the switch is interupted by the switch, thats what turns it on and off. If you follow the wire that comes out of the switch it will go to the other terminal on the heating element. You can unplug the wire going into the switch and move it over and plug it directly into the heating element after removing the wire from the switch. That will make the element stay on all the time until you unplug it. You don't have to do anything to the ground wire. Don't forget to unplug it when you are done!
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well that was easy enough, and just plug it bach up when I use it for cooking food! Thanks div4gold.
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" Originally Posted by: Taterjuice  well that was easy enough, and just plug it bach up when I use it for cooking food! Thanks div4gold. Your welcome Tater."
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"get a router control --it is the perfect mate to this modification. then you wont need to re connect the thermostat here are a few choices http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_...ontrol&x=14&y=13"
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Will the routers that Scotty listed allow the 1500w hot plate to run continuously at a lower temp than full blast?
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That's the advantage of the router control, you control the voltage thus the temp.
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" Originally Posted by: div4gold Basically you just rewire it to bypass the thermostat switch and it runs continously. If you remove the bottom plate and locate the wires that come into the unit from the plugin wire. Follow those. One will go directly to the heating element, the other one will go to the thermostat switch. The one that goes to the switch is interupted by the switch, thats what turns it on and off. If you follow the wire that comes out of the switch it will go to the other terminal on the heating element. You can unplug the wire going into the switch and move it over and plug it directly into the heating element after removing the wire from the switch. That will make the element stay on all the time until you unplug it. You don't have to do anything to the ground wire. Don't forget to unplug it when you are done! Not to sound dumb, but are you just looping the two wires at the heating element? Im not exactly sure and I just want to make sure I get this right before I catch something on fire or electrocute myself. Thanks for the info."
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Basically you are going to unplug the wire from the element that goes to the temperature control . Then take the wire off from the other side of the control, that's the one that goes to the power cord. Take that wire and plug it into the element. Make sure you unplug the unit when your done cooking since the control will no longer shut it off.
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or connect the input wire to the control to the output wire of the control. I keep all sorts of adapter spade terminals in stock. Get a terminal that allows 1 terminal to accept 2 . if not just strip the wires and twist together with a wire nut or solder them together. make sure no bare connection/wire touches anything
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