npaden
Well-known member
Okay, probably about the last guy to think of this, but I did this last night about 11:00 and was pretty proud of myself.
The only real problem I've ever had with my Foodsaver machine is that when you are getting down to the end and sealing up a lot of packages it starts overheating and you have to wait several minutes before you can seal the next bag. I had upgraded to a really nice Foodsaver from my old one thinking it wouldn't overheat, but it still overheats when you are doing a bunch of bags at once.
We were down to the end and had about 20 bags of hamburger to seal and it started overheating. It was 11:00 and if it kept up at the pace it was on (about 1 bag every 2 minutes) I was going to be there until midnight. I started blowing on the heat strip to try to cool it off, and then the light bulb went on! Pulled out a small fan and set it to blow on the heat strip and within a few minutes it was rocking and rolling. It still overheated a couple times, but recovered much quicker and I think if I had had the fan blowing on it the entire time it might not have ever overheated in the first place.
Next time I will set the fan up on it from the start and hopefully never have to wait on it to cool down again.
Just thought I would share if anyone else has ever had the same issue.
Nathan
The only real problem I've ever had with my Foodsaver machine is that when you are getting down to the end and sealing up a lot of packages it starts overheating and you have to wait several minutes before you can seal the next bag. I had upgraded to a really nice Foodsaver from my old one thinking it wouldn't overheat, but it still overheats when you are doing a bunch of bags at once.
We were down to the end and had about 20 bags of hamburger to seal and it started overheating. It was 11:00 and if it kept up at the pace it was on (about 1 bag every 2 minutes) I was going to be there until midnight. I started blowing on the heat strip to try to cool it off, and then the light bulb went on! Pulled out a small fan and set it to blow on the heat strip and within a few minutes it was rocking and rolling. It still overheated a couple times, but recovered much quicker and I think if I had had the fan blowing on it the entire time it might not have ever overheated in the first place.
Next time I will set the fan up on it from the start and hopefully never have to wait on it to cool down again.
Just thought I would share if anyone else has ever had the same issue.
Nathan