Home | Community | Message Board

Cannabis Seeds - Original Sensible Seeds
This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: North Spore North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies   Kraken Kratom Red Vein Kratom   Left Coast Kratom Buy Kratom Extract, Kratom Powder For Sale

Jump to first unread post Pages: < Back | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next >  [ show all ]
InvisibleTedsDead
 User Gallery


Registered: 01/03/17
Posts: 5,003
Trusted Cultivator
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: Grimsweeper]
    #26926962 - 09/09/20 06:48 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

let us know how much dry weight it fits per shelf.  Mine is a bout half a lb per shelf with 5 inches between shelves with 10 shelves and my biggest one has 16 shelves. 

Just my 2cents...  use a heater with a ceramic element!  They last longer.  Ive had coil heaters burn out in less than an hour:facepalm3: I cant tell what type yous is from the pic.  Also adding a fan might help unless your heater has a strong one in it?  Just dont use box fans.  Hurricane or cool flow work well for me.


--------------------
weed gets you through times of no money better than money gets you through times of no weed...  -the fabulous furry freak bros
If you can buy it, you can burn it!



https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/25947396#25947396

Edited by TedsDead (09/09/20 06:49 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineGrimsweeper
don't fear the sweeper
 User Gallery

Registered: 01/29/18
Posts: 4,843
Loc: broom closet
Last seen: 24 days, 4 hours
Trusted Cultivator
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: TedsDead]
    #26926977 - 09/09/20 06:57 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Appreciate the input bud. I'm harvesting early tomorrow morning probably 1000-1500g, I'll post how it does. The heater is ceramic. The duct fan is 120cfm - moves Hella air  but still keeps the temp around 160F with the heater at 75%.


--------------------
When you clean a vacuum cleaner you are a vacuum cleaner
Build yourself a Flow Hood in these 99 simple steps

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleTedsDead
 User Gallery


Registered: 01/03/17
Posts: 5,003
Trusted Cultivator
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: Grimsweeper]
    #26927061 - 09/09/20 07:57 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Ah, I wasnt sure if that was a fan in there or not.  Ive always gone with a bottom fan but your method may work better. I need to experiment.  Ive always thought that it will keep more hot air in if I let it escape on its own.  Im working on another right now but am having a bit of a time sourcing the parts I want.  Sadly I wont be able to post about it but I can upload pics of my others.
The ones kinda ghetto.  I was in a hurry and didnt want to buy/cut ply wood for siding so I used some foam board insulation I had laying around.  It works well enough tho.

Great tek by the way!!!  I havent seen one yet for a diy dryer.  This will be what people reference for yrs to come:grin:


--------------------
weed gets you through times of no money better than money gets you through times of no weed...  -the fabulous furry freak bros
If you can buy it, you can burn it!



https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/25947396#25947396

Edited by TedsDead (09/09/20 07:58 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleFunky Monkey
Human Suppository
 User Gallery

Registered: 05/14/19
Posts: 1,099
Loc: In your MOM's poop shoot
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: Dhearic]
    #26927074 - 09/09/20 08:04 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Quote:

Dhearic said:
:vibin:

I wonder how it'll do when mostly full? I think rotating the trays from top to bottom might be beneficial.

This is a stellar upgrade to the common prestos :awesomenod:




This is a different league than the presto!

An "upgrade" to a presto would be like the one linked in my signature. 🤘

Solid write up OP!

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinetripdawg420
low life with no life
Male


Registered: 02/02/09
Posts: 7,071
Loc: illinois
Last seen: 2 days, 6 hours
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: Funky Monkey]
    #26927080 - 09/09/20 08:08 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

:takingnotes:


--------------------
HUSTLER
How U Survive This Life Everyday Resourcefully
epic GT mono tub
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/17277772

wbs tek
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/11525679
coir tek
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/11917410
results :thumbup:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleTedsDead
 User Gallery


Registered: 01/03/17
Posts: 5,003
Trusted Cultivator
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: tripdawg420]
    #26927092 - 09/09/20 08:16 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Wait... presto is a pc brand.  Tgey make dehydros?  Nesco?

Ive used the bucket method before... nice!  Great write-up!  Thats where I fall short... could have mire writeups :facepalm3:


--------------------
weed gets you through times of no money better than money gets you through times of no weed...  -the fabulous furry freak bros
If you can buy it, you can burn it!



https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/25947396#25947396

Edited by TedsDead (09/09/20 08:18 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlineverum subsequentis
seeker of truth
I'm a teapot User Gallery


Registered: 03/22/16
Posts: 8,732
Last seen: 1 year, 9 months
Trusted Cultivator
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: TedsDead]
    #26927228 - 09/09/20 09:43 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

better work on your spelling then

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleFunky Monkey
Human Suppository
 User Gallery

Registered: 05/14/19
Posts: 1,099
Loc: In your MOM's poop shoot
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: TedsDead]
    #26927261 - 09/09/20 10:12 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Quote:

TedsDead said:
Ah, I wasnt sure if that was a fan in there or not.  Ive always gone with a bottom fan but your method may work better. I need to experiment.  Ive always thought that it will keep more hot air in if I let it escape on its own.  Im working on another right now but am having a bit of a time sourcing the parts I want.  Sadly I wont be able to post about it but I can upload pics of my others.
The ones kinda ghetto.  I was in a hurry and didnt want to buy/cut ply wood for siding so I used some foam board insulation I had laying around.  It works well enough tho.

Great tek by the way!!!  I havent seen one yet for a diy dryer.  This will be what people reference for yrs to come:grin:




Think of it like a convection oven, you want more warm air moving across the mush, and if it has to escape naturally the moisture will also sit in there longer waiting to "escape naturally", so provided your heat source can keep up with the size of fan sucking from the top a top mounted fan sounds ideal in a setup like this. You want fresh warm air moving across the mush at all times and to let the moisture vent as quickly as possible not trapping it in there with the mush. Me likey. All these different posts about dehydrators gave me an idea I will share after I make it. 🤘 Love this place!

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlineverum subsequentis
seeker of truth
I'm a teapot User Gallery


Registered: 03/22/16
Posts: 8,732
Last seen: 1 year, 9 months
Trusted Cultivator
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: Funky Monkey]
    #26927274 - 09/09/20 10:21 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

I doubt any of us have run the proper tests to really say what's best. IT would end up being a balance of speed and efficiency. For sure, it'd be nice to have 160 degree air just fucking blasting over the fruit bodies but balancing that with the energy bill is the key.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleFunky Monkey
Human Suppository
 User Gallery

Registered: 05/14/19
Posts: 1,099
Loc: In your MOM's poop shoot
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: verum subsequentis]
    #26927275 - 09/09/20 10:23 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Word

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleMateja
 Unread Journal User Gallery

Registered: 07/14/16
Posts: 7,948
Loc: Here
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: verum subsequentis]
    #26927278 - 09/09/20 10:27 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

OP this is dope man we need more stuff like this
:dogpipe:  :compelling:


--------------------
Cakes inside Water Tub

Edited by Mateja (09/09/20 10:28 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleFunky Monkey
Human Suppository
 User Gallery

Registered: 05/14/19
Posts: 1,099
Loc: In your MOM's poop shoot
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: Mateja]
    #26927285 - 09/09/20 10:33 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

...coming soon.

Muah-ha-ha, Muah-ha-ha, Muah-ha-ha, MUAH-HA-HAAA!!!        :hamsterdance:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleTedsDead
 User Gallery


Registered: 01/03/17
Posts: 5,003
Trusted Cultivator
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: verum subsequentis]
    #26927291 - 09/09/20 10:36 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Quote:

verum subsequentis said:
better work on your spelling then




Lol!  I have the 2016 macbook pro with the notoriously effed keyboard:shrug:  and im a lazy typer:facepalm:

Airflow I believe is key over heat...  some have 180 degree air blasting over their fruits.  Id like to emulate that!


--------------------
weed gets you through times of no money better than money gets you through times of no weed...  -the fabulous furry freak bros
If you can buy it, you can burn it!



https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/25947396#25947396

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleTedsDead
 User Gallery


Registered: 01/03/17
Posts: 5,003
Trusted Cultivator
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: Funky Monkey]
    #26927299 - 09/09/20 10:44 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Quote:

Funky Monkey said:
Quote:

TedsDead said:
Ah, I wasnt sure if that was a fan in there or not.  Ive always gone with a bottom fan but your method may work better. I need to experiment.  Ive always thought that it will keep more hot air in if I let it escape on its own.  Im working on another right now but am having a bit of a time sourcing the parts I want.  Sadly I wont be able to post about it but I can upload pics of my others.
The ones kinda ghetto.  I was in a hurry and didnt want to buy/cut ply wood for siding so I used some foam board insulation I had laying around.  It works well enough tho.

Great tek by the way!!!  I havent seen one yet for a diy dryer.  This will be what people reference for yrs to come:grin:




Think of it like a convection oven, you want more warm air moving across the mush, and if it has to escape naturally the moisture will also sit in there longer waiting to "escape naturally", so provided your heat source can keep up with the size of fan sucking from the top a top mounted fan sounds ideal in a setup like this. You want fresh warm air moving across the mush at all times and to let the moisture vent as quickly as possible not trapping it in there with the mush. Me likey. All these different posts about dehydrators gave me an idea I will share after I make it. 🤘 Love this place!




Yes!  I use fans just not from the top.  I have done both bottom and top fans but not soley top.  My dryers seem to do the trick in about 8-12 hrs.  MY main concern with not having a fan on the bottom is airflow past the heater to keep it from burning out.  This has been an issue.

Sorry for the dbble post


--------------------
weed gets you through times of no money better than money gets you through times of no weed...  -the fabulous furry freak bros
If you can buy it, you can burn it!



https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/25947396#25947396

Edited by TedsDead (09/09/20 10:45 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleFunky Monkey
Human Suppository
 User Gallery

Registered: 05/14/19
Posts: 1,099
Loc: In your MOM's poop shoot
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: TedsDead]
    #26927315 - 09/09/20 10:58 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

HA! Sorry I'm firing away from the phone and didn't stop to see who I was actually talking to lol :lol:

You clearly got this :facepalm:

Giggling my silly little ass off lol 
:kittylaugh:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleTedsDead
 User Gallery


Registered: 01/03/17
Posts: 5,003
Trusted Cultivator
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: Funky Monkey]
    #26927337 - 09/09/20 11:24 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

I sure dont have all the answers.  Maybe someday...  ill post a tek when I do:wink:


--------------------
weed gets you through times of no money better than money gets you through times of no weed...  -the fabulous furry freak bros
If you can buy it, you can burn it!



https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/25947396#25947396

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleLotKid
Never.Trust.A.Prankster
Male User Gallery

Registered: 01/07/17
Posts: 8,169
Loc: Shakedown St.
Trusted Cultivator
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: TedsDead]
    #26927705 - 09/10/20 06:46 AM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Has anyone thought about working a nice sized dehumidifier into a build?

Heat and dehumhidification? :shrug:


--------------------

:mushroom2: LotKid's PE Tips        :shpongle:    LotKid's Chocolates :mushroom2:
:dancingbear: :dancingbear:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinesporecap
Shedding...

Registered: 07/30/18
Posts: 413
Loc: Europe
Last seen: 1 year, 11 months
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: LotKid]
    #26927719 - 09/10/20 06:57 AM (3 years, 6 months ago)

A dehumidifier removes moisture from air which is already humid and where air exchange is not possible/difficult. Usually the dried air is fed back into the room where the dehumidifier is running.
Now when drying mushrooms the humid air is just dumped outside of the dehydrator, and fresh dry
air enters through the intake. The only thing matters is that the mushrooms are in a constant flow
of hot dry air. So a dehumidifier is not really useful, except if you want to
dry the air coming out of the dehydrator for some reason.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleLotKid
Never.Trust.A.Prankster
Male User Gallery

Registered: 01/07/17
Posts: 8,169
Loc: Shakedown St.
Trusted Cultivator
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: sporecap]
    #26927722 - 09/10/20 06:59 AM (3 years, 6 months ago)

.......sure........


--------------------

:mushroom2: LotKid's PE Tips        :shpongle:    LotKid's Chocolates :mushroom2:
:dancingbear: :dancingbear:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinesporecap
Shedding...

Registered: 07/30/18
Posts: 413
Loc: Europe
Last seen: 1 year, 11 months
Re: DIY Dehydrator [Re: LotKid]
    #26927726 - 09/10/20 07:06 AM (3 years, 6 months ago)

You could actually dehumidify the air before sending it into the dehydrator,
but I guess that's not needed, since air that has been heated from room temp to about
165F has less than 5%RH.
PS: Sry, I did not mean to come off rude or anything:toast:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: < Back | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next >  [ show all ]

Shop: North Spore North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies   Kraken Kratom Red Vein Kratom   Left Coast Kratom Buy Kratom Extract, Kratom Powder For Sale


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Oven dehydrator setting Soulskein 585 9 01/25/22 05:38 PM
by LotKid
* Drying in my dehydrator, a couple questions!
( 1 2 all )
Nizmo 3,903 28 12/10/15 01:47 PM
by Nizmo
* Dehydrator Project Cornelius 6,541 14 09/27/04 12:08 PM
by hyphae
* Using desiccant (Damp Rid) inside of a food dehydrator? Best possible method yet? ofzeroconcern 8,441 6 11/27/18 04:26 PM
by churchofzoom
* How long in the dehydrator?
( 1 2 all )
MkUltra 23,911 29 01/31/21 10:39 PM
by fahtster
* Food dehydrators at thrift stores...?
( 1 2 all )
Kinky 4,098 24 04/19/13 04:30 PM
by cronicr
* Is this a good dehydrator for drying mushrooms?
( 1 2 all )
Nizmo 5,856 22 12/09/15 11:44 AM
by nitrodigital
* How to Build your own High Capacity Dehydrator <$60 Cost. Super Effective
( 1 2 3 all )
Mycologist217 11,914 48 06/29/20 11:25 PM
by Mycologist217

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
3,769 topic views. 11 members, 74 guests and 31 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.029 seconds spending 0.007 seconds on 14 queries.