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Has anyone had the problem before where a green is too chaffy for the GeneCafe?
Im roasting Rawanda Ngera at the moment and its getting about 90% of the way through the roast and then emergency stopping itself after the drum stops rotating.
When I look, the chaff catcher/cagey thing at the end of the roasting drum (before it heads off to the chaff collector) has completely clogged up with chaff and smoking itself silly. Its good that it stops because, I feel, otherwise Id probably have a fire on my hands!
So, has anyone had this experience before and, if so, how did you combat it? Just stop roasting those beans (which Id prefer not to do because Im really enjoying them) or do you have any other ideas I can try?
The other alternative is, could it be that the nylon gear is on the way out and not spinning it properly and, thereby, its building up too much chaff? The only thing that makes me think this could be an issue is that, as I said, it stops rotating and then emergency stops which I find a bit strange.
Ive got a spare nylon gear, so I can swap them over but Id prefer to see if anyones got any strong opinion either way before I pull it all open and start fiddling around: its not a quick process for a non-techy person like me (and Id prefer not to have Pete do it on the basis that he has to explore while hes in there and - as a previous sewing machine can testify to - things can some times not end up working again!)
Cheers
Di
Has anyone had the problem before where a green is too chaffy for the GeneCafe?
Im roasting Rawanda Ngera at the moment and its getting about 90% of the way through the roast and then emergency stopping itself after the drum stops rotating.
When I look, the chaff catcher/cagey thing at the end of the roasting drum (before it heads off to the chaff collector) has completely clogged up with chaff and smoking itself silly. Its good that it stops because, I feel, otherwise Id probably have a fire on my hands!
So, has anyone had this experience before and, if so, how did you combat it? Just stop roasting those beans (which Id prefer not to do because Im really enjoying them) or do you have any other ideas I can try?
The other alternative is, could it be that the nylon gear is on the way out and not spinning it properly and, thereby, its building up too much chaff? The only thing that makes me think this could be an issue is that, as I said, it stops rotating and then emergency stops which I find a bit strange.
Ive got a spare nylon gear, so I can swap them over but Id prefer to see if anyones got any strong opinion either way before I pull it all open and start fiddling around: its not a quick process for a non-techy person like me (and Id prefer not to have Pete do it on the basis that he has to explore while hes in there and - as a previous sewing machine can testify to - things can some times not end up working again!)
Cheers
Di
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