Re: Roasting in a residential area
Yup the EPA have no guidelines for setting up roasting equipment.....
The roaster is expected to know what is required, and as most ("developed") countries selling roasting equipment will tell you what is required (because they want to sell it to you), this is why the roaster is expected to know what to do !
No one in their right mind in a developed country will set up equipment in a city and not include anti pollution gear.
The EPA as stated previously responds to complaints. They dont need to know or care about how the equipment is set up, they only need to know if the equipment is not working properly because if it was, your neighbours wouldnt be complaining after you start running the thing.
The EPA does on the other hand have guidlelines about what can and cant be done to pollute the air we breathe. They also have guidelines that tell them how your afterburnmer should be running (ie at what temperature) or be hooked up, so that no material or smell escapes.
This means that if someone complains, but you are running an afterburner, but the neighbours still complain, they will turn up and ask to view your electronic controller or printouts or log book to check at what temperature you have been running the afterburner. It might not have been switched on or it might be running at a lower temp than is required under their draft regulations. Not to mention that if you do have an afterburner, but it is NOT INTERLOCKED to run with the roaster (or is being run at a lower temp than they require) then you are a very naughty boy and will get your fingers smacked by them because you are not supposed to be able to run the roaster without the afterburner......
After that as others have said..they (council / EPA / whoever) will all point the finger back at eachother. Youre only form of defense is for you to make sure you are doing the RIGHT THING and the onus is on you to work out what that is.
If all this is about running a 10 kilo roaster as a hobby, my advice would be to sell the thing and buy something more appropriate (much smaller) that wont give all this angst.
If all this is about starting up a business, I fear you wont be able to find anyone that has the knowledge (ie profesisonal roasters) , to just hand over years worth of hard earned experience (and the basis of their ability to earn an income) to yet another newcomer to enter the business.
Regardz,
FC.
Yup the EPA have no guidelines for setting up roasting equipment.....
The roaster is expected to know what is required, and as most ("developed") countries selling roasting equipment will tell you what is required (because they want to sell it to you), this is why the roaster is expected to know what to do !
No one in their right mind in a developed country will set up equipment in a city and not include anti pollution gear.
The EPA as stated previously responds to complaints. They dont need to know or care about how the equipment is set up, they only need to know if the equipment is not working properly because if it was, your neighbours wouldnt be complaining after you start running the thing.
The EPA does on the other hand have guidlelines about what can and cant be done to pollute the air we breathe. They also have guidelines that tell them how your afterburnmer should be running (ie at what temperature) or be hooked up, so that no material or smell escapes.
This means that if someone complains, but you are running an afterburner, but the neighbours still complain, they will turn up and ask to view your electronic controller or printouts or log book to check at what temperature you have been running the afterburner. It might not have been switched on or it might be running at a lower temp than is required under their draft regulations. Not to mention that if you do have an afterburner, but it is NOT INTERLOCKED to run with the roaster (or is being run at a lower temp than they require) then you are a very naughty boy and will get your fingers smacked by them because you are not supposed to be able to run the roaster without the afterburner......
After that as others have said..they (council / EPA / whoever) will all point the finger back at eachother. Youre only form of defense is for you to make sure you are doing the RIGHT THING and the onus is on you to work out what that is.
If all this is about running a 10 kilo roaster as a hobby, my advice would be to sell the thing and buy something more appropriate (much smaller) that wont give all this angst.
If all this is about starting up a business, I fear you wont be able to find anyone that has the knowledge (ie profesisonal roasters) , to just hand over years worth of hard earned experience (and the basis of their ability to earn an income) to yet another newcomer to enter the business.
Regardz,
FC.


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