Sublimator Oxalika Premium

01 · TEMPERATURE

Two hundred degrees, where oxalic acid gives most

Oxalic acid sublimes properly from around 190 °C, and above that it starts to dissociate and lose efficacy. Working at a controlled 200 °C means evaporating the whole gram at the lowest useful temperature rather than burning product to go faster. Because the control is continuous, you do not have to switch off between treatments: you chain hives and the pan holds its own.

02 · COMPATIBILITY

The pan goes in through the entrance: measure the gap first

Treatment is done by sliding the pan in through the entrance, without lifting the roof or disturbing the colony. That sets one condition: the entrance needs at least 1 cm of clear gap. If you run reduced entrances, mouse guards fitted or hives closed up for transport, measure before ordering — that is the real incompatibility of this model, and it depends on entrance height, not on hive type.

03 · BATTERY AND SAFETY

The circuit is isolated from the metal parts

It runs at 12 V with clips on a car battery, not included. The electrical circuit is isolated from the metal parts: if two or three of you work off the same battery and the units touch, the contact does not close a circuit. And it stops working before the battery is fully discharged, which is what ruins a starter battery. It stands thousands of treatment cycles.

04 · WORKING PACE

A minute and a half per hive, with no cooling pauses

It sublimes 1 g in 40 seconds and 2 g in a minute and a half. That is slower than a 300 W PRO —which is where the price difference sits— but since it never needs to cool between hives, the sustained pace is considerably better than a pan vaporiser without control. For medium apiaries and for working alone, it adds up.

05 · BEFORE YOU BUY

You get the vaporiser with its cable and clips and 2 measuring spoons. The battery is not included. Two heating-element versions exist —12×38 and 9.8×55 mm—: if you need a specific one because you already hold spares, ask us before ordering. Sublimation must be done with a veterinary medicine authorised for that route in your country.

⚠ PRECAUTIONS

Sublimation vapour is irritant and corrosive to the airways and the eyes. Work with proper respiratory protection, goggles and gloves, stand with your back to the wind and do not lean over the entrance while the unit is running. The pan gets very hot: let it cool before storing it.