Warning…Dehydrators Produce Heat

[RAD]

This is not a dig on the dehydrator, it did what it does, produce heat. I wasn’t thinking and placed it on my table which has a glass cover and the heat cracked the glass. I have it taped until I know what I am going to do with it. A few years back I resurfaced the table and chairs and had a glass top made. It has been great until yesterday

Sometimes the stupidity finds me

[Pappymn]

Pretty sure that could happen to all of us, well maybe not Muebe.

I would have gotten a serious LOOK from my wife

[RAD]

Pretty sure that could happen to all of us, well maybe not Muebe.

I would have gotten a serious LOOK from my wife

Oh, I got the look and the sneer 

[smokendevo]

Wow   

[Pam Gould]

Oh Crap..pretty table tho.  Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

[muebe]

Pretty sure that could happen to all of us, well maybe not Muebe.

I would have gotten a serious LOOK from my wife

All my home furnishings are plastic so no worries here Pappy.

Well that sucks RAD....

[RAD]

Oh Crap..pretty table tho.  Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

Thanks PAM. It was white when I bought it and over the years it looked like crap, so I stripped it and stained it. That is why I got the glass, to keep it looking nice.

[Smokin Don]

That is too pretty of table to have painted. We have a felt pad on our round oak table, keeps it like new but then you don't get to see the wood. Don

[smokendevo]

I'm sure getting the glass cut to fit the table cost a pretty penny. I am wondering if the glass was tempered or even if that would have helped in this instance?

[TMB]

I'm glad I'm not in your shoes

[GusRobin]

melt some lead along the cracks and call it a stained glass.

[teesquare]

Gee - I hate that happened to you RAD....

Maybe - you could place some 2''x 2''s under it to create an aigret, and the heat can rise away from any surface it is on that way? So that any surface you set it on in the future can have some protection that way?

[Ka Honu]

... create an aigret...

It would never occur to me to set anything on a plume of feathers (but then again, I don't have the benefit of a Texas A&M education). What did you really mean?

[DWard51]

Ouch!!!!    That can make for an expensive batch of jerky or dehydrated fruit....

[SmokinKat]

OH NO!!!!   Hopefully you can get the glass replaced for less than an arm and a leg!   Tempered glass might be the way to go if you can find a place to do it for you.  Although GusRobin's stained glass idea isn't too shabby!

If it makes you feel any better, you're not the first person to make that boo-boo!   My ex-MIL did that when she was canning-- set down a bunch of hot jars on their BRAND NEW solid granite counter top (with only a towel underneath)...  sounded like a gun went off when they cracked!