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markinnewparis



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Re: AC DC Winch Power? [Re: solarity]
#14564844 - 06/05/11 02:19 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Great job. I hope it all works out for you. Very creative.
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aris
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Re: 1 PSI PC lid conversion.... [Re: aris]
#14574118 - 06/07/11 12:00 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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aris said: Im considering the best way to adapt this pasteurizer on a budget so that it can also be used as a 1 psi PC. Wax paper is a start... I have 14 dozen 1.5 pint jars that aren't in use because the volume limitations of the pc's I have now dictate using quart jars or a spawn bag instead. I don't have very many quart jars..
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-Puma's photo this looks good...
I have read RR's boiler, before automation, could runs 4 days on a full drum of water. Can a few inches of H2O work for a 9 hour run? I would like to sterilize 4 layers of 25, 1.5 pint jars of rye..no additive except coffee and gypsm..no bran, spawn bags, or quart jars so maybe even a shorter time. I got 14 dozen of these 1.5 pint jars for FREE so I would like to know how to use them because in my 23 qt pc's they would be 3/4 as productive as quarts. I can still only fit 10 jars per load.
I'm also concerned that my 30 psi, high btu burner might not be the best for a 9 hour boil of much less water...
thoughts???
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RogerRabbit
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Re: 1 PSI PC lid conversion.... [Re: aris]
#14574522 - 06/07/11 01:36 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I'm also concerned that my 30 psi, high btu burner might not be the best for a 9 hour boil of much less water...
You can get a regulator to throttle it down if necessary. RR
-------------------- Download Let's Grow Mushrooms semper in excretia sumus solim profundum variat "I've never had a failed experiment. I've only discovered 10,000 methods which do not work." Thomas Edison
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aris
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Re: 1 PSI PC lid conversion.... [Re: RogerRabbit]
#14574636 - 06/07/11 02:01 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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RogerRabbit said: You can get a regulator to throttle it down if necessary. RR
I wonder what psi would be suitable?
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RogerRabbit
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Re: 1 PSI PC lid conversion.... [Re: aris]
#14575640 - 06/07/11 05:36 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Less than 5 if you're talking propane or natural gas. RR
-------------------- Download Let's Grow Mushrooms semper in excretia sumus solim profundum variat "I've never had a failed experiment. I've only discovered 10,000 methods which do not work." Thomas Edison
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aris
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Longer Straw Soak then planned.... [Re: RogerRabbit]
#14700700 - 07/01/11 07:55 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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 I wanted to soak for 24hrs but there were changes in the plan like always. After 24 hrs I drained the straw and checked my propane connects with soapy water. Sure enough the propane tank valve had a cracked seal where the regulator attached (thx tank exchange program). I went and got a another tank and filled up the 55 with fresh water and the already soaked straw. Then my girlfriend totally mindfucked me and I just left the straw where it was. So the straw has soaked for about 40hrs with a 2 hr break after thwe 1st 24. Can I pasteurize this straw today? Should I just chip $7 more straw.
Im anxious to use some jars that appeared totally colinzed 3 days ago..I got a nice smooth "rice rocket" tire to bonk the jars on finally ..
Edited by aris (07/02/11 02:15 PM)
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aris
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Re: Longer Straw Soak then planned.... [Re: aris]
#14700848 - 07/01/11 09:03 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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anonjon said: nope. Use it.
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aris
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Why not insulate the bottom half of the barrel with more fiberglass? [Re: aris]
#14707152 - 07/02/11 03:31 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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The top half got up to 140 F in 2 hrs.
I turned off the heat and removed the top at 153 F (NEXT TIME 140).. Temp continued to bubble up from the depths to 170 F so I removed the side insulation. err I was aiming for 140-160F
I wonder if I should have let the whole thing cool down in the water. Instead I hoisted it out 90 min after reaching 140 F and dumped it out on the table to cool. Wanted it out because that 170 temp just wouldn't drop for the last hour.
Using a hook ended metal rod as be my third hand, I figured out how to dump the basket.
After it was about 115 F the pile was stirred a few times with my bare sanitized arms.
The whole setup ought to be taller. ^^^^^^
The Straw log jig really works like a charm. I couldn't be happier. 
Why not insulate the bottom half of the barrel with more fiberglass?
I weighed the propane tank on a home scale. In 82F weather it looks like this process took less then 3 LBS of propane.

Edited by aris (07/02/11 03:43 PM)
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