Quote Originally Posted by suzuki4life View Post
At what temp (minimum, in your opinion) will boiling water cause physical burns to my skin? How fast will this occur?

I won't harm an animal with this experiment but I am willing to test upon my own flesh.
I don't know how we got from UTHs melting plastic/burning snakes to testing the effects of boiling water on human skin, but I'm laughing all the same. Not at you though, simply at the juxtaposition of the two events. Feel free to test it, but I'm not sure if your results will be conclusive...

suzuki- I would like to see how this experiment goes. That is to say, would you mind posting a thread with your hypothesis, your procedure, and the results as they play out? I actually still have a (functional) ZooMed heat pad attached to an empty glass 20gal downstairs, and if you don't mind me getting in on the project, I will record the unregulated temps it produces -- on both the outside and inside surface -- a few times a day for the next week. I will also let you know how hot to the touch it is. Heck, I've got free time!