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JETROASTER
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Posted on 11/29/2011 10:42 AM
Cold be darned!! -Scott

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dja
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Posted on 11/29/2011 10:49 AM
whats ya gonna do with the pilot light Scott
Edited by dja on 11/29/2011 10:50 AM
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JETROASTER
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Posted on 11/29/2011 11:13 AM
Yahoo! I think you're ready to start building! Let me know if u need a bigger blower. -Scott
 
dja
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Posted on 11/29/2011 12:08 PM
what we gonna build?
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JETROASTER
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Posted on 11/29/2011 12:53 PM
I think you need a nice #2 propane, all season bean-blaster.
Let me know when you're ready! -Scott
 
dja
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Posted on 11/29/2011 2:16 PM
let me see what you got, I got lots of time on my hands, with only one major project between me and insanity
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dja
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Posted on 02/23/2012 9:13 PM
well I knew it would happen just never knew when. Roasted up some of the
rawanda that I had received from Chad in the last buy, well when I pulled the beans I removed the thermal couple from the bean hopper and turned off the blower and guess what, I left the heating elements on and had a total melt down like a reactor on steroids. So now I get to find a relay that will handle the load of the coils and wire it in so that when the fan is off the coils are dead.
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oldgearhead
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Posted on 02/24/2012 8:14 AM
...and that would be a rather large contactor..Instead of a large relay,
you might be able to do what I did: Power the temp controller, that supplies the DC voltage to the SSR from the fan circuit. . .
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No oil on my beans...
 
dja
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Posted on 02/24/2012 11:45 AM
yea I can do that or run the SSR controling voltage thru the fan circuit somohow
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greencardigan
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Posted on 02/26/2012 5:15 AM

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dja wrote:
yea I can do that or run the SSR controling voltage thru the fan circuit somohow

In the roaster I'm currently building I will use a DPDT switch to cut off the power to the element circuit whenever I cut power to the blower.
 
dja
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Posted on 03/14/2012 10:02 AM
Ok I finally was able to take the time and fix my roaster after melting the heating coils out of it, on my first roast of the Rawanda that I got from Chad on the last group buy.

anyway heres a picture of what I pulled out of the roaster

i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd484/Superdave257/furnace%20and%20roaster/coils-0070.jpg

Not very pretty, the other side is worse, but only have the one photo.

but thankfully the roaster lives to roast again and hopefully I'll remember to turn the coils off, price of coils has went up some since I bought the last two when building the monster(roaster)
Edited by dja on 03/14/2012 10:04 AM
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Lawnmowerman
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Posted on 03/15/2012 12:57 AM
A relay to handle the power to the heaters? Have you considered an electric toaster? I was cleaning mine a few months ago and i discovered all kinds of neat little safety interlocks built into it. They all have to be engaged to keep the heater on. There is a small relay,2 chips, 5 transistors if i remember correctly, the relay is actuated when you depress the lever and it energizes a solenoid whlch holds the toast down. This solenoid also holds closed the 2 contacts which deliver power to the heater.
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seedlings
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Posted on 03/15/2012 1:29 PM
David! I had to idiot-proof mine in order to accommodate my hap-hazard-ness. I can't turn the heat on unless the blower is on. Should be a pretty easy fix no matter how yours is wired.

CHAD
Roaster: CoffeeAir II 2# DIY air roaster
Grinder: Vintage Grindmaster 500
Brewers: Vintage Cory DCU DCL, Aeropress, Press, Osaka Titanium pourover
 
dja
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Posted on 03/15/2012 3:58 PM
yea I know, my stupidity is what did it, that and old ageRoflmao guess I could take one of the old pressure switches that I have off an asphalt plant and plumb it in so that they coils won't work unless the switch is made, but then things are so big. guess I'll have to find an easier way
Edited by dja on 03/15/2012 4:01 PM
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oldgearhead
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Posted on 03/16/2012 11:45 AM
..as an extra precaution I don't plug it in unless I'm roasting,
but the SSR receives no switch power unless the blow circuit is on.
Of course a pressure switch is the very best protection and all commercial
grain dryer application have them.
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No oil on my beans...
 
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