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burnt nomex

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eggfan
eggfan Posts: 73
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I just installed a new nomex gasket about 3 months ago. Today i did a cleaning burn that never got above 900 degrees. When i raised my dome my nomex was burnt on the outer edge by the back of the dome. Has anyone else had this problem or is it just more of my bad luck. Thanks.
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  • BENTE
    BENTE Posts: 8,337
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    it sounds like you did not get your dome placed on the base right.. try the dollar bill test and you might see where the misallingment is.

    happy eggin

    TB

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  • LA6798
    LA6798 Posts: 8
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    I worked in a heat treating facility for 25 years we tempered metals at less than that! LOL Really at 900 degrees you can't ask for much better. Mine (felt) burnt out in one month.
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  • BullyC
    BullyC Posts: 142
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    ON Gasket
    it probably got burnt cause 1 tremendous heat,
    yes nomex is more fire resistant than original gasket,
    but will still burn under tremendous heat, plus the
    gaskets around the BGE I don't think are perfect mates
    when closed. So a little portion of that gasket is exposed to that heat, I do mostly lower heat stuff and even parts of my nomex show more wear, darker etc than
    other parts of it. I have heard good things about rutland gaskets, and also Cotronics corp has very
    fire resistant gaskets, but are expensive.
    Maybe next time slightly cover top so your burn stays
    at say 650 over 800 is unbelievably Hot
    good luck Bullyc
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  • Eggsakley
    Eggsakley Posts: 1,019
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    How did you measure the temp @ 900? Tel True says dont run their therm over 800 except for a brief while and the BGE therm tops at 750. Just curious.
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