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d_stilgar
03-22-2007, 03:17 PM
It is always good to get free stuff. I went to my dad's office and helped clean out a storage room. There was a lot of junk and I got to keep whatever I wanted. I got a PII computer and five mice, some power cords, a phone line tool (wish it were cat5), and two really cool finds. The first really cool one is a UPS. I've been wanting to get one and now I will have one. The second is a weird piece of dated medical equipment. It is called the Bacti-Cinereator III. The center of the device gets to 1500 degrees Fahrenheit. It is meant for cleaning needles and things, and I don't know what I will use it for. I figured that I can always throw it out later, but I can't get it back once it is gone.

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Enjoy!
AJ@PR
03-22-2007, 03:51 PM
The second is a weird piece of dated medical equipment. It is called the Bacti-Cinereator III. The center of the device gets to 1500 degrees Fahrenheit. It is meant for cleaning needles and things, and I don't know what I will use it for.

I don't know what you'll use it for neither...

But with 1,500 degrees... the possibilites are endless...


Thinking.... thinking...
DaJe
03-22-2007, 04:04 PM
You could melt aluminum with that temperature.
Drum Thumper
03-22-2007, 04:21 PM
The second is a weird piece of dated medical equipment. It is called the Bacti-Cinereator III. The center of the device gets to 1500 degrees Fahrenheit. It is meant for cleaning needles and things, and I don't know what I will use it for.


It's an autoclave. Although I've never seen one with a big ass filter on top like that before.
Crimson Sky
03-22-2007, 05:21 PM
1500 degrees!! Geeze...doesn't bacteria die at much lower temperatures? Is that thing really an autoclave?

nevermind I googled. crazy device. Hey if it's working you can get a couple bills for it on ebay ;)
GT40_GearHead
03-22-2007, 05:31 PM
..that would be a great torture device...

... <slaps self >
for the bacteria and stuff, man what is wrong with you people...:dead: .... :D


seriously though

maybe you could make a hot air solder iron, from it, that would be very useful if you ever decide you want to use integrated circuits (chips)
jdbnsn
03-22-2007, 05:53 PM
That isn't an autoclave, autoclaves are instrument washers that combine extremely high temps with high pressures. That device is used to sterilize thin wire wands used by microbiologists to "plate" or transfer specimen solutions on media plates for incubation. It is an over-glorified sterilizing candle.
Canadian Eh?
03-22-2007, 07:22 PM
LOL GT40! man i had an idea a second ago...
progbuddy
03-22-2007, 08:53 PM
1500 degrees!! Geeze...doesn't bacteria die at much lower temperatures? Is that thing really an autoclave?

nevermind I googled. crazy device. Hey if it's working you can get a couple bills for it on ebay ;)

lol. Bacteria are killed at 168 degrees Fahrenheit.

You could take the metal part off and make a neato heatsink out of it :)
Crimson Sky
03-22-2007, 09:56 PM
According to the documentation on the unit, it deivers a 5-7 second burst of infrared to clean the medical gizmos. Neat!
DaJe
03-22-2007, 10:12 PM
Are you sure it can get up to 1500&#176;F? Seems like an unnecessarily high temperature, seeing as you can melt aluminum at 1200.
Durrthock
03-22-2007, 10:16 PM
You could sell it to a heroin addict and help prevent aids.
Or just burn stuff :)
Crimson Sky
03-22-2007, 10:31 PM
"Within 6 minutes after activation, the Bacti-Cinerator reaches an optimum sterilizing temperature of 815&#176;C (1500&#176;F) throughout the interior of the ceramic cone. A prominent indicator light alerts staff that the unit is in operation. Weighted cast aluminum stand includes handy spaces for storage of 6 inoculating loop handles."
DaJe
03-22-2007, 10:51 PM
So I use aluminum as an example, and the base of it is made out of aluminum? Well, I suppose the ceramic shall retain all the heat.
d_stilgar
03-22-2007, 11:24 PM
If only I had a good use for it. Too bad it doesn't get to -1500. Then I would have a nice cooler on my hands.
DaJe
03-22-2007, 11:31 PM
Oh sure, go ahead and break the laws of thermodynamics. I won't turn you in, but don't blame me when you get caught.
GT40_GearHead
03-23-2007, 01:26 AM
lol, DaJe is right, the lowest posible temperature is absolute zero or 0 Kelvin or −273.15 &#176;C or −459.67 &#176;F
DaJe
03-23-2007, 01:29 AM
See, people who use Celcius always talk about how Farenheit is "uneven". And how with celcius water freezes at 0 and boils at 100. Well look at this. The lowest possible temperature in celcius is an uneven number! Not divisable by 10!
Bucko
03-23-2007, 01:45 AM
The lowest possible temperature in celcius is an uneven number! Not divisable by 10!

Well when I divide it by 10 I get -27.315 :p