22 Aug
2006
22 Aug
'06
10:26 a.m.
On 8/22/2006 at 5:44 PM Jules Richardson wrote:
I can recall seeing one of these in the 1950's. Made of red-and-white
styrene with carbon electrodes for 4 wieners. The top operated an
interlock switch. It didn't really do a good job--the middles tended to
be undercooked and the ends tended to burn a bit around the electrode ends.
Another "simplicity itself" appliance still in production is the sickroom
vaporizer. Nothng more than two electrodes contained in a plastic or
bakelite housing immersed in a tank of water and connected directly to the
AC line. Enough heat builds up by the slight conductivity of tap water to
boil it.
Cheers,
Chuck
Dave Dunfield wrote:
When I was in
university (70s), I had a hot-dog cooker which cooked
weiners by connecting them across the 110v AC mains. This was a
commercially produced device.
[snip]
that's fantastic! :-) (someone should start a website for general oddball
engineering/electrical gadgets...)