I taught college for many years. The reason they outlawed them had
nothing to do with the device but to do with irresponsible students
and liability risks.

An electric stovetop is nothing more than a collection of hotplates.
Unless you are using one while passed out, hung over, or having
cheap sex, they are perfectly safe.

Doug
s/v Callista

"engsol" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:37:02 -0000, Lyndon Nerenberg
wrote:

engsol writes:

I thought of the hot plate too, except a google search didn't reveal
a source for them.

Oh for crying out loud, just walk to your nearest hardware or
dry goods store :-)

--lyndon

Thanks for the advice. It turned out to not be as easy as that.
After 10-12 calls, I found only one....a really cheap one ($12)
that I wouldn't turn my back on for a second. I didn't buy it.
Hence the google search, and the post here.
Seems that in this part of the country (western USA) college dorms
and apartments (that I'm aware of) have outlawed
hotplates...too dangerous "they" say....so not much demand.
Norm B