Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
We have a Hotronix SG01 swinger heat press that is over heating. You can set a temperature, say 350 deg. but it will not stop heating when it reaches the set point. The temperature keeps climbing... Looks like the triac for the heating element may not be working correctly but that is a guess... Anyone have any experience with this problem? Any help appreciated.
how far over the set temp is it going? most heat presses will have a 'range' where it doesn't go below 'x' or above 'y' when set at a given target temperature. because of all the opening, closing and pressing 'cold' materials it's not possible to 'hold' it at a constant temp.
if it's going over your target by more than about 15 degrees tho i'd call stahl's and ask - i believe that the hotronix presses have a lifetime warranty on the heating element.
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The press is going to max heat.... It was set at 330 and we shut it off when it reached 400. I checked it with a digital laser temp. probe and the machine temp. readout is correct, so it really is going way to hot. We called Stahl's
and they claim they no longer have parts for the SG01. Something about it being a prototype. They sent us some parts that were suppose to upgrade the machine but they will not work! The circuit board looks similar but the new cover and LCD readout will not fit our machine.
Jan is right my press will go 10 + but when useing it you can see it drop real fast at least 15- some times when I am do lot of shirts at one time people would be surprise and how much heat they lose when pressing
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Hotronix Swinger over heating 
Re: Hotronix Swinger over heating 
so much for 'lifetime warranty'.... 
