Bacti cinerators

["Dr. William Henderson" <whenderson@NBPOL.COM.PG>]

Hi everyone,

We use bacti cinerators for all our laminar flow instrument
sterilisation and find that they suit our needs well. What I would like
to know is how to determine when the bacti cinerator element requires
replacement. I thought that temperature measurement might be the easiest
but am not sure. What would be a baseline temperature for element
replacement? I could just replace them on a regular basis but that does
not ensure efficient use of our budget funds. I want to be able to
ensure maximum use without jeopardising quality .............. mind you
quality is paramount.  I have been advised that Bacti cinerators run at
approx 816 degrees C which is pretty hot ............. some of ours were
most certainly not achieving that kind of temperature.  Has anyone
addressed this problem before?

Cheers
Bill