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  • #31
    Re: Bean Cooler and Insert for 20lt Bucket...

    Originally posted by 2F2C3F3F28214D0 link=1222303036/29#29 date=1274798107
    I have always blown mine using an 18V leaf blower.With 500gm of beans they dont blow away but they are cooled in under a minute.Smaller batches I use a splatter guard to stop the beans blowing away.
    Not a bad job barrel

    I am somewhat restrained with most of my designs

    My wife wants neat & tidy units that can be stored away

    I want plug & play functionality

    So I try & marry the two together

    KK


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    • #32
      Re: Bean Cooler and Insert for 20lt Bucket...

      Re-use the sieve from your pasta pot set, steal the wifes vac, a bucket and youre right to go. Cools the beans in only 30 secs...

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      • #33
        Re: Bean Cooler and Insert for 20lt Bucket...

        Hey Borat thats a great cooler, i used the same idea but have since modded mine a bit more.

        I had two issues with the same set up, for anyone else considering a vac bucket setup may want  to consider my issues.
        1. the plastic hose starts to suffer from heat and will suck itself closed (implode) and then does not suck fast enough. To over come this i made the hose very short (10cm) and it worked pretty good for a while.

        2. the motor on mine had a thermal cut out and back to back roasts would trip it and the motor would stop mid cool and you have to wait a while to it to cool down to restart. To overcome I removed the thermal cutout.

        the third step in my cooler evolution was to take the motor out of my vacuum and attache it to the bottom of my "cooler" its still inside the "inner" plastic box but just crewed to the bottom of my cooler inner. now there is no tubes or big things sitting around as i mounted it inside my roasting bench ( which looks just like your bench  :-?)

        they are a bit loud but :

        down side is no more vacuum cleaner...... but it was a curbside freegan anyway....

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        • #34
          Re: Bean Cooler and Insert for 20lt Bucket...

          Originally posted by 784D5E5C5A463F0 link=1222303036/28#28 date=1239883759
          but not nearly so good if it is turned over to blow up thru the bucket, in that the motor is then above the blades and there is very little airspace beneath the fan
          You just need something to lift the fan...


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          • #35
            Re: Bean Cooler and Insert for 20lt Bucket...

            Originally posted by 4B474E43434A260 link=1222303036/32#32 date=1274847644
            1. the plastic hose starts to suffer from heat and will suck itself closed (implode) and then does not suck fast enough. To over come this i made the hose very short (10cm) and it worked pretty good for a while.

            2. the motor on mine had a thermal cut out and back to back roasts would trip it and the motor would stop mid cool and you have to wait a while to it to cool down to restart. To overcome I removed the thermal cutout.

            the third step in my cooler evolution was to take the motor out of my vacuum and attache it to the bottom of my "cooler" its still inside the "inner" plastic box but just crewed to the bottom of my cooler inner. now there is no tubes or big things sitting around as i mounted it inside my roasting bench
            Similar evolution to mine.

            However, I didnt have problem number one because my Sadie industrial vac has a hose 4 times normal diameter.

            Problem 2 also didnt eventuate probably because my vac was industrial.

            My new cooler does now have a vac motor inside the bucket.
            This gets rid of the hose in the setup.
            My sieve sits perfectly in the top of the bucket so is simply lifted out to empty the cooled beans into my bagging scoop.

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