New casting pots with built-in PID controllers

[rdnck]

Electric pots, whether pid or thermostatically controlled, do not and cannot hold temperature as consistently as a propane or other gas fired heat source for melting your bullet alloy. By their very design, electric pots rely on fluctuations in temperature to cause their temperature regulating apparatus to function and turn on and off. Gas, on the other hand , is adjusted and set, and there is no change in the energy coming from the heat source. You set it and forget it.

My casting set up uses a cast iron pot--good heat sink--that holds about 80 pounds, sitting over a propane burner. In other words, a cast iron Dutch oven and a fish cooker, both from Walmart. I cast 76 bullets yesterday, and 73 were within two tenths of a grain. I DID NOT get results like this when I used an electric pot. Can you say Lyman Mag 20, Lee Pro Melt, and Waage? The Lyman and Lee quit working, and I gave the Waage to a neighbor kid so he could cast round balls for his muzzleloader. I have been using the cast iron pot and fish cooker for over 15 years with no maintenance issues or problems. Works for me. Shoot straight, rdnck.