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Thanks guys! I found this Very helpful.
 
Bruce, don't let my interest stop you from bidding if you want! I generally go for fuel fired engines because of my voltage unfamiliarity, BUT what drew me to this listing was the 25 looked pretty clean and the brick house was not badly discolored! This leads me to believe that A this engine has not been run much and B volts heat MUST be a "softer" heat than Alcohol or Esbit type fuels.
  I actually watched a video Very recently of a guy firing a Brand New Jensen 85, now granted he used a max load of Esbit but the New engine was badly discolored on the Very first Run!
  I think when my shiny new 85 shows up I am going to try some Very High Temp paint on it before ever firing.

I used a dimmer switch setup very much like Wayne's years ago, I wired it in to my Lee Lead melting pot to make the heat softer, by this method I was able to cast Wax bullets for indoor practice.