On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, John Wiebe wrote:

> hundred dollars to replace. Besides using "plastic" foundation, has
> anybody any wise ideas as to how I mite filter out the floating wires
> from the honey before they get sucked into my pump?

How about a powerful magnet?  You can get pretty good sized
nickle-plated Neodymium-Iron-Boron magnets for a pretty reasonable
price that will grab anything iron-bearing and hold onto it like
grim death.  A good source is www.gaussboys.com (that's where
I get my big honking magnets, anyway).  Put a couple of
these near the outlet of your tank, and it should grab the
wires very effectively, as long as you aren't using one of
the nonmagnetic grades of stainless steel (check your wire with
a refrigerator magnet before investing in one of these).

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Tim Eisele
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