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277volt808

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Drying for the cheap. Fan + Very Low Heat $10
#23794875 - 11/02/16 03:23 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I was looking at fans in Wally World. All the fans were big donkers and they didn't seem to have any small table top fans. So I saw this small space heater for $10 and thought I would disable the heating element and just use the fan.
I opened the case by the 4 screws that held it together. I saw 4 wires going to the heating element (coil). I snipped the white one thinking I would cut what I thought was the neutral, disabling the whole thing. I put it back together and tried it out. To my surprise, the unit still produced heat but only at 50% of what it normally would. I must had took out half of the coil. So now it blows warm air!
This is like a poor man's dehydrator. I put a colander on top and threw a thermometer to see just how warm it is. The fans running pretty briskly but the temp is 107*F/42*C. I love saving a penny!
Still, I can imagine...space heaters are nothing to play with, especially when you're tinkering with the internals. I would recommend someone consult someone with electronic knowledge to verify that it's safe.
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amidogen
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Re: Drying for the cheap. Fan + Very Low Heat $10 [Re: 277volt808]
#23794892 - 11/02/16 03:27 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Edited by amidogen (04/19/18 12:44 PM)
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Re: Drying for the cheap. Fan + Very Low Heat $10 [Re: amidogen]
#23794907 - 11/02/16 03:32 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I can't wait for the day that the heat destroying actives myth dies. So many people worried for nothing.
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277volt808

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Re: Drying for the cheap. Fan + Very Low Heat $10 [Re: amidogen]
#23794921 - 11/02/16 03:39 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Broski, I'm not growing felonies. Thanks though
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amidogen
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Re: Drying for the cheap. Fan + Very Low Heat $10 [Re: 277volt808]
#23794941 - 11/02/16 03:44 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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-------------------- The biggest trip of my life was realizing all of the events and actions described in posts made by this account were never real and had never actually happened, but were instead the delusional ramblings of a severely mentally ill human being. I just had to move on for my own good. I love you all.
Edited by amidogen (04/19/18 12:45 PM)
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numnum59
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Re: Drying for the cheap. Fan + Very Low Heat $10 [Re: themadextractor]
#23794975 - 11/02/16 03:55 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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i used to use a ghetto dehydrator i made with a light and a fan and it never got them quite cracker dry and made them noticeably less potent. i bought a brand new dehydrator at wal mart recently and jeez it makes a difference
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amidogen
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Re: Drying for the cheap. Fan + Very Low Heat $10 [Re: numnum59]
#23794986 - 11/02/16 03:58 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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-------------------- The biggest trip of my life was realizing all of the events and actions described in posts made by this account were never real and had never actually happened, but were instead the delusional ramblings of a severely mentally ill human being. I just had to move on for my own good. I love you all.
Edited by amidogen (04/19/18 12:45 PM)
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277volt808

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Re: Drying for the cheap. Fan + Very Low Heat $10 [Re: amidogen]
#23795116 - 11/02/16 04:35 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I simply cut out part of the coil. So on what was low heat is now no heat. What was high heat is very low warm air.
In other words, on low heat the coil isn't even energized. It's just a fan. Turn the heater up a notch and only half the coil is energized since I took off a lead producing warm air. Browski
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Edited by 277volt808 (11/02/16 04:38 PM)
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numnum59
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Re: Drying for the cheap. Fan + Very Low Heat $10 [Re: 277volt808]
#23795178 - 11/02/16 04:58 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
277volt808 said: I simply cut out part of the coil. So on what was low heat is now no heat. What was high heat is very low warm air.
In other words, on low heat the coil isn't even energized. It's just a fan. Turn the heater up a notch and only half the coil is energized since I took off a lead producing warm air. Browski
besides the fact that it could cause a fire, IMHE i noticed the longer the shrooms are exposed to the air... the more less potent they become. the dehydrator i have now gets them cracker dry in 3-4 hrs.
i promise ive tried several methods of drying and this is the best by far. and relatively cheap as well
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