45 W OF POWER: GENTLE HEAT, NO THERMOSTAT | 42 °C WORKING CEILING ACCORDING TO THE MAKER, AT 20-25 °C ROOM |
IP44 AGAINST SPLASHES; THE PLUG, ALWAYS DRY | 50 × 15 × 10 CM, STAINLESS, 230 V SCHUKO PLUG |
Stainless steel immersion element to bring a bucket of crystallised honey back to fluidity without cooking it: 45 W at 230 V, Schuko plug, IP44 protection and 50 × 15 × 10 cm. It rests on the hard honey, melts the layer in contact and sinks under its own weight to the bottom; it has no thermostat, and with that power the maker puts the ceiling at 42 °C in a room at 20-25 °C. It works in days, not hours.
Honey crystallises because it is honey, not because it is faulty: what spoils it is the heat used to make it liquid again, and that is why there are 45 watts here and not 500.
01 · HOW IT WORKS
Place the coil on the surface of the crystallised bucket and plug it in. The honey in contact melts, the element sinks under its own weight and keeps melting downwards until it rests on the bottom; the liquid honey rises around it and the bucket ends up fluid top to bottom without stirring or watching. At 45 W a 20-25 kg bucket takes in the order of days, depending on how hard the honey is and how cold the room: it is a device to leave plugged in, not to bottle this afternoon. There is no thermostat: the power sets the limit, and the maker puts it at 42 °C with the room at 20-25 °C. A thermometer in the honey, now and then, is the check that costs a minute.
02 · WHY 42 AND NOT MORE
Heating honey does not make it bad, it ages it: hydroxymethylfurfural rises, diastase drops, aromas leave and it darkens, and the damage is temperature times time. That is why the trade does not go past 40-45 °C to liquefy, and why a 45 W element is a better tool than a strong blanket or an uncontrolled hot bath: it melts without hot spots that caramelise the honey stuck to the metal. Liquefying a bucket does not make it “better” honey nor stop it crystallising again; it lets it through the tank tap and the filler.
03 · USE AND SAFETY
The immersed part is the stainless coil; the cable body and plug do not get wet. IP44 means it takes splashes, not immersion: unplug before pulling it out of the bucket, dry it before plugging it in again and do not leave the cable hanging in the honey. Clean with warm water and a cloth as soon as it comes out, with the honey still soft. For big or continuous batches the alternative is a warming room or a tank heating blanket (1688) or a heating base (1993), with thermostat.
04 · BEFORE YOU BUY
The element is supplied with cable and Schuko plug; bucket and thermometer come separately.
| ✓ FITS | Anyone with buckets of crystallised honey that will not pass the tap and who can wait days with the device plugged in, in exchange for not punishing the honey. |
| ✕ DOESN’T FIT | Anyone needing to liquefy today, or big batches back to back: heating blanket (1688) or heating base (1993) with thermostat. |
| ⚠ NOT INCLUDED | Bucket or thermometer. |
| Reference | 1112 |
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| Type | Self-sinking immersion element, no thermostat |
| Power | 45 W |
| Voltage | 230 V, 50 Hz, Schuko plug |
| Working temperature | Ceiling of 42 °C with the room at 20-25 °C, according to the maker |
| Material | Stainless steel |
| Dimensions | 50 × 15 × 10 cm |
| Protection | IP44, against splashes |
| Indicative time | Days per 20-25 kg bucket, depending on hardness and room temperature |
| Alternatives | Heating blanket 1688; heating base 1993 |
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