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verum subsequentis
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"overnight"? How many hours?
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sandman420
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yea but thats just 1.5 lbs, a unit that size could probably do twice that easily or even more.
Edited by sandman420 (05/29/21 09:17 AM)
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Grimsweeper
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verum subsequentis said: "overnight"? How many hours?
IDK really I don't bother checking until the following day. I unusually fill it in the evenings and empty it when I get home from work the next day. That fits my schedule.
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sandman420
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Sounds like about 20-24 hours. A powerful dehydrator with the watts to get up to temp fast can dry mushrooms in 6-8 hours. Just some tips for improvements. I also currently have a 120v homemade bottom-heat dehydrator while I'm rebuilding my 240v horizontal one, My 1500 watt 120v homemade dehydrator when stuffed full takes like 13 hours just to get to 140f because of the mass of water.
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Grimsweeper
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I don't watch mine that closely but I do know it starts kicking off at 160F within a couple hours. I keep the temp sensor in the upper 1/3rd teirs.
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LotKid said:Anyone with a 160L store bought unit wanna tear it down and reassemble it? See what makes them tick?
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MLPismyOPSEC said: LK, i'm going to add "disassemble 160L" to the project list because now you have me extremely curious. It'll be a while before i get to it, but it'll be fun!
This is an ancient bump, but i'm a man of my word. Hope this helps any body else who wants to make their own dehydrator! At the very least it will serve to document how the Cabela's is built.
tl;dr the Cabela's 160L is basically a sheetmetal box, some spray foam insulation, a 1600W heater, and a fan. Plus lights, temp controller/probe, and a timer. Nothing real special about it!
 Didn't take a new front-on shot... Lol.


 Kinda cool how they punched the zipties through the back wall and through the foam.
 Didn't know before that it had a drip tray, so that's a bonus!





 Here's the "magic," not sure what else i expected, but just a good fan and a heating element. The fan blows the air up and through the die punched sheetmetal on the rear of the cabinet.
 Closeups of the heating element and fan, just for anyone curious on those details. As i'm posting this i realize i didn't take a picture of the sticker on the fan, damn! Zooming in on my phone, it shows "120V-60Hz 0.58(?)A 65W 2850ohms Class E" and that's all i can make out.


 Took off the top as well.

 Four screws to hold the control panel on.
 Pull the control panel forward, remove the gold door hinge, and then you can pull off the door. The door felt like it was most of the weight, and it turns out it was about half! 24 lbs for the door alone, 34 lbs for the everything else.
 Thing was thrown together with some plain old sheetmetal screws, not even self tappers. Probably didn't even predrill holes, just fuckin sent em.
Not a huge fan of where they placed the power cord coming out of the back, being right in the middle of the hot exhaust. Could have easily drilled a hole closer to the corner to keep it away from there. Hell, i could fix that lol.
With everything on the interior being aluminum, which transfers heat very easily, i wonder how well the channel + air holes help to evenly distribute the heat. Being that the exhaust is passive and can only evacuate so much volume, it probably holds the heat well enough to dehydrate evenly.
Edited by MLPismyOPSEC (01/29/22 04:25 PM)
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