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using copper for spacers???

CNL
CNL Posts: 96
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Is there any reason I shouldn't use copper to create space between my ring and grid? I just bought a new small and dont have a raised grid set up yet. I changed the gasket on my large this morning and now leg quarters are the request. I prefer a slow direct cook for these but copper is all I can find in the basement to elevate the grid temporarily.
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  • AZRP
    AZRP Posts: 10,116
    Copper should be fine. -RP
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  • Darnoc
    Darnoc Posts: 2,661
    It is good enough for your water supply.No problem at all.
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  • dougemsmacks
    dougemsmacks Posts: 152
    there is something about copper that when heated it can cause some hazzard. I am in air conditioning and I remember something about this from school 20 years ago. that being said I am still here and have soldered many times. Copper is a great heat conductor but when used in pots and pans it is coated with something like aluminum. Possibly because copper is porous. Not sure. I don't think you would ever get it hot enough in a grill, but I wouldn't chance it
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  • CNL
    CNL Posts: 96
    I'm in the HVAC business also and I thought I had heard that it could be dangerous, but you are probably correct in saying I'll never get it that hot. That faint memory is what probed me to ask.
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  • dougemsmacks
    dougemsmacks Posts: 152
    I tried to find it in my old books but could only find stuff on the fillers for soldering. Where are you in the country I'm in S. Florida?
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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
    this comes up often with regard to galvanized steel, stainless, aluminum, and copper. you can't get the egg hot enough to vaporize the metal or coatings. even if you did, the fumes aren't going to kill anyone like the carbon monoxide can (which the egg emits during every cook). if you aren't worried about the CO, there's no logical worry to the metal vapors.

    you need to be welding stainless or galvy to get the fumes.
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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  • Jersey Doug
    Jersey Doug Posts: 460
    Copper reacts with acid, which is how you clean it or prepare it for soldering. Copper cookware is traditionally lined with tin or, more recently, with stainless steel to keep it from reacting with acid foods. Copper cookware survives nicely over a direct gas flame. It will be fine for the spacers.
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  • CNL
    CNL Posts: 96
    I'm in NE GA. I would love to move to the southern part of Florida but my children are small and the wife wouldn't hear of leaving the family. I love the summer heat and sunshine but it looks like I'll have to wait for vacation.
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