ever wondered how long it takes for your stove plate to get hot and what temperature it gets up to...i was getting familiar with the upgrade software for my fluke 189 and 289.

i had a hob in for repairs so when i finished repairing it...i connected all my test eqipment ran load tests and temp tests on each plate...scanned it with the thermal imager which i thought would be within the parameters...but when i got to 350 degrees c and went out of scale i connected the 289 and 189 with the temp probes and measured...well ever wondered why you get burnt so bad when you touch it....it gets to 525 degrees c... and takes 15 minutes from 33 to 525 on a standard 8 inch plate...drawing 6.4 amps...so now you can do your maths on the energy used for that period of time.

and becareful it takes the skin off your finger if you touch it...ask me i touched it by mistake...NOT ... i wanted to feel how hot 525 felt...not a clever idea...even the ice took a while to cool it down...my finger.