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 Amanita virosa
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 buying a retort. Help!! 
#15796926 - 02/12/12 09:20 AM (3 months, 15 days ago) |
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Talk about confusing. Search retort and you find companies from india and china. Can anyone guide me in a direction? A dealer in the southeast us. I am looking for one that is 220 V and could run 10-20 bags at a time.
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fungus_tao
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All American makes a 220V 41 qt sterilizer.
You would need two of them at least to make your goal.
I have the 110v 75x and I really like it.
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 Aleon
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Re: buying a retort. Help!! [Re: fungus_tao]
#15797262 - 02/12/12 11:06 AM (3 months, 15 days ago) |
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Yeah, I got 3 of the 75x's and I'm very satisfied with them. Each one can hold 6 full bags.
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Re: buying a retort. Help!! [Re: Aleon]
#15797639 - 02/12/12 12:29 PM (3 months, 15 days ago) |
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been wondering, whats their price range? since im trying to get something massive as well
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Amanita virosa
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Re: buying a retort. Help!! [Re: Aleon]
#15797697 - 02/12/12 12:38 PM (3 months, 15 days ago) |
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I was considering buying two of the 75x but wondering from an efficiency and convenience standpoint, if it wouldnt make sense to have a single larger one. Aleon, does it come with a basket that will fit six bags? Anyone else know anything about larger hard wired 220v or even 330 v autoclaves? ANy help would be appreciated.
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GroboClone
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You're not going to find anything brand new that has twice the capacity of a AA 75x for less than twice the cost.
Medical equipment is always ridiculously expensive, even used stuff it usually way too much.
If I was looking for used equipment I start with Market Forge. They make a nice autoclave with a 16" x 26" chamber,
it's almost twice as deep as a 75x (15.25" x 14.25"). The problem is even used they go for over $2000,
so unless someone is basically giving it away you'd be better of with two brand new All Americans.
Market forge also makes commercial kitchen equipment.
They have a steamer that looks almost identical to their autoclave.
I know one member on here who picked one up for $60 from a restaurant.
They also make a larger pressure steamer that operates at 5 PSI.
Keep in mind that these units are considerably more complicated than the All Americans, have to be hard wired,
use way more power (12,000 W vs 1650 W), and aren't usually setup for our purposes (most will dump pressure at the end of the cycle).
Edited by GroboClone (02/12/12 07:57 PM)
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Amanita virosa
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Re: buying a retort. Help!! [Re: GroboClone]
#15803666 - 02/13/12 02:46 PM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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took the plunge and went bought a AA. Figured I will always use it for grain jars even if I ended up needing a commercial unit later on for bulk sub. Or even better, put together a steam boiler like RRs.
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I use my AA75X sterilizers for grains and my outdoor homebuilt sterilizer for bulk substrates. The cart came from Uline.com
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