Heating Element for a 10 pound SAECO Pot

[terrytm]

Hi:

Dose any one know where I can get a Heating Element for a 10 pound SAECO Pot?

Thanks,

Terryt

[john.k]

You buy the element in a length and cut and bend it to suit.....once its heated up ,it cant be bent any more or it breaks.

[Alstep]

Where can you buy it? Does it come in lengths or coils? How do you attach the wiring? It must have a certain Ohm resistance per foot. Anybody have any details on this?

[Minerat]

Aren't those similar to the old Lyman #61's. If so maybe they can help.

[Walks]

Lyman can't help.
They threw away everything not in the current catalog.
Plus there is no one left to answer technical questions.
Just people to look up numbers on a computer screen.

[30calflash]

I looked quick online and many are available for stoves and ovens. Prolly best to pull yours apart and see if one can be fabbed into what you need.

john.k's info on bending to shape what you need is what prompted this. Otherwise I'd be in the same boat with mine.

Many common everyday items are pitched due to lack of replacement parts. Gotta get creative to keep the old stuff running whether it's a lead pot, vehicle or firearm.

[Kraschenbirn]

Several years back, there was a lengthy thread about replacement of heating element/thermostat of those old Saeco/Lyman pots. As I recall, a suitable replacement element was obtained from W.W. Grainger but don't remember details as I had already given up and replaced the one I'd had for 20-some years.

I do remember, however, that it wasn't the actual element of my old Saeco pot that failed; failure was heat erosion(?) of the copper pigtails at either end of the element where they plugged into the thermostat. I repaired mine two or three times by cleaning up the burned off ends and splicing on new extensions using brass tubing, crimped in place.

Bill

[NyFirefighter357]

https://youtu.be/C74K9EtLV_A?t=468

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[Gewehr-Guy]

While I don't have a Saeco pot, I did replace an element in a Lyman 20 pound pot with a heating element for a LEE pot. I bought it from Titan Reloading, I think, for around $12 or so, and yes it didn't fit right,and I had to bend the element some to get it around the larger Lyman pot, but it does work now.

It was not a fun project, but you have nothing to loose by tearing into it, if it doesn't work now. Good luck, and let us know if you get it going again.

[EDG]

Engineers design a lot of products using parts from OEM catalogs.
So get yourself several catalogs from electric heating element manufacturers and give yourself an education.

One of those outfits is wattco.
https://www.wattco.com/electric-heating-elements/

[varmintpopper]

Go to "McMaster-Carr"
type in: Electrical heater spring elements
pretty sure You will find what Your looking for.

Good Shooting

Lindy