Hi everyone,
I really need your advice about hotplate Although before each prac I told teachers to remind students make sure hot plate cable isn't in contact with hot plate surface but IT DIDN'T WORK AT ALL I asked electrician to make cable shorter but it didn't work again .I searched for some external heat resistant cable also called Serrata but I couldn't find anything.
Does anyone have any idea to solve this problem or does anyone have specific hot plate which at least has an insulating outside of hot surface?
Thanks
I am not sure if this is what you are after? You can get cable shroud that helps against heat: https://www.heatshieldproducts.com/auto ... d-sleeving
Or perhaps have the cable in a straight piece of conduit so that it can't get near to the hotplate surface.
Here we leave the hot plates in the lab to cool down and I go in later to collect them. All the Teachers know this and if they walk in to find hot plates left on the benches , I know why. They often send students in with them once they have cooled down for me
My hotplates have a removable cord which is pretty much a universal type, same as the power packs etc. So if they get damaged I can just replace it rather than pay to have the entire hotplate repaired, not much help until you start replacing your existing ones though.
Although before each prac I told teachers to remind students make sure hot plate cable isn't in contact with hot plate surface but IT DIDN'T WORK AT ALL 
I asked electrician to make cable shorter but it didn't work again .I searched for some external heat resistant cable also called Serrata but I couldn't find anything.
