FW: Bacti cinerators

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

Hi Elena,

I found reference to 816 degrees C from several sources including our
supplier (Austratec in Australia) .................. do you replace your
elements on a regular basis or just when they stop working?

Cheers

-----Original Message-----
From: Plant Tissue Culture [mailto:PLANT-TC@LISTS.UMN.EDU]On Behalf Of Dr. Elena Yasnetskaya
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 4:52 PM
To: PLANT-TC@LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: Re:  Bacti cinerators

My  Bacti cinerators run at approx 240 degree Celsius, I just have to
measure the temperature sometime and clean it. Cant imagine  816 degrees
C oven on my desk.
Elena

-----Original Message-----
From: "Dr. William Henderson" <whenderson@NBPOL.COM.PG>
To: PLANT-TC@LISTS.UMN.EDU
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:03:47 +1000
Subject:  Bacti cinerators

> 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
>

Dr. Elena Yasnetskaya
Department of Plant Health
Plant Biotechnology Centre
Annibale Preca Street
Lija BZN 04, MALTA

Tel/Fax: + 356 21 374610