Can you bend heating elements?

[Hammer]

Hey All.

The subject says it all. Can you tweak a heating element without rendering it useless?

Thanks

christian

[Crut]

how much are you tweaking it?

[Hammer]

I need to shift it about 3/8" in order to get it to thread straight into a copper heat exchanger.

[one_dead_soul]

you sould be able to as long as your carefull. its just a metal rod. i believe the ends go through a of ceramic disk. so just be carefull not to crack that and you sould be ok to bend it all you want. a vice might be helpfull to keep the ends from moving.

i believe..

[Hammer]

Cool, Thanks. I will give it a try and see what happens.

[nathan]

they are usually cheap, so give it a try and if it's ruined, come tell us so we don't waste the 8$.

[Hammer]

Well the tweak worked fine. I brewed a schwarzier yesterday, and an American pale ale today. Things are working well. Luck for me I saved the $20. (After Shipping)

[nathan]

pics?