Enamel Heaters

it prevents cavities

This enamel could just be a marketing, color choice with absolutely no engineering advantage. You could also apply some enamels to a heating element to prevent metals from dissolving in a hot acidic bath. You give us nothing to work with here.

Marketing??could be...but what enamel could be used for acidic solutions..

Vitreous enamel coating would probably be a good acidic barrier.

I suspect it is less subject to mineral deposits.

http://www.paragonairheater.com/images/downloads/Sales_Sheets/DuraTEC.pdf

Aesthetics.

Please explain why a telephone call to the equipment manufacturer to find out was not the priority.

I tried talking to the manufacturer but they told me that its their design and the information is confidential. So sharing it out here was the only option i had...

"... the information is confidential."

This being the case, what makes you think we can tell you?

I also suspect the enamel is decorative, maybe contributing to corrosion resistance.

If you tell us the manufacturer and model number, we may be able to tell you more.

Armed with the manufacturer and model number, OP should be able to secure his own intelligence, don't you think?

Then, the forum won't be considered an accessory after the fact.

I'm data mining.

Our Baculus Divinatorius (Available exclusively from LynDoor Pseudosciences) is showing the promise of improved sales if we enamel the handle. Doesn't seem to matter just what is used, so I'm looking for something that is already a secret.

^{No this isn't reverse engineering, it's data mining.}

That's LynDoor, always on the foreskin of technology. ;>)

Thanks.

Someone is systematically canceling GAs, again. Oh well.

So why didn't you talk to the individual who specified and bought it, Mildred? After all, if (s)he doesn't know, then how the hell am I going to find out? You haven't said what sort of environment it is in nor what it is heating yet. What's this? "20 Questions"?

I guess its for corrosion resistance...

One who spends more than what is necessary for beautifying is not a good engineer.... except for wife :<!

Does no Engineer have a pair of X chromosomes, then?

no leftovers....unless mutated

Brings to my mind a question: What are the heating elements in toaster ovens and the like coated with?

Sometimes nothing coats the heating wires. Sometimes a thin thermally conductive ceramic tube surrounds the wires.

The ones in my house are coated with burned-on food. ;>)

Crumbs and boiled over food in mine...

Why did the OP conclude that the tube is coated with enamel??? Why not epoxy or powder coating paint???

Perhaps (s)he doesn't know the difference.

A make, model number and photo would help us answer this question as a tubular type heater with white enamel could be anything from a residential bathroom heater to something seen in a Geothermal power station.

Please provide more information.

Where's the fun in that? This way the OP can see us spin our metaphorical wheels trying to think of a reason why a heater would be coated in white vitreous enamel. I still think that it is so the tomato sauce doesn't taste funny.

I'll bet the tomato sauce that's cooked onto the bottom of lyn's toaster oven tastes funny.

^{I just found out that there's a dynamite factory in this town!}

Well anything less is offering a guess, I don't feel like guessing today (its Wednesday down here after all).

Why does it matter what day it is, wouldn't you like to know.

Are you sure its enamel and not ceramic? I have a couple of ceramic heaters that I use on young puppies when they are born.

I am down for looks and corrosion resistance. The puppies comment reminds me when my daughter wanted a Chiwawa so I told her to do some research about the breed....she came back about two minutes later and said "never mind, I found out they were bred to be so small so they fit nicely on a platter for dinner, I don't want one anymore". LOL!

wow, i guess you mean this MoSi2