ChinaVoodoo
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I'll take a look. The reason I was asking about this one specifically is because I already own it. A friend was curing bacon with it and sold it to me a year ago.
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I'll take a look. The reason I was asking about this one specifically is because I already own it. A friend was curing bacon with it and sold it to me a year ago.
mwaller
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I would not expect it to be unsafe. However, it may stop regulating prematurely if used outside its operating range.
What kind of humidity source do you intend to connect to it?
ChinaVoodoo
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It's connected to a small table top humidifier. You know those water drop shaped ones with the dial on the front. I used it with the previous controller which failed after a couple years. Poor planning on my part. I have cigar tobacco curing in the shed so I have to flue cure in my kiln. That means another controller is needed, but only for a couple days at a time.
mwaller
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Give it a try if you can accept the risk of the controller failing fully ON or OFF. I think you would only be risking the tobacco in the kiln.
The controller itself is protected by a fuse, which is a good safety feature to have if something goes terribly wrong.
The controller itself is protected by a fuse, which is a good safety feature to have if something goes terribly wrong.
mwaller
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ChinaVoodoo
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Thank you for your help. Yes. It's the humidifier I always use in my kiln. The one in the shed is much larger and homemade.
DistillingJim
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+1 Inkbird - I've been using it in my curing chamber and has (so far) handled the high temps and humidity well (as its specs say it should)
ChinaVoodoo
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Flue curing in my kiln didn't work. I only have a few leaves in there. They came out brown where the leaves are piled, and yellow where they are not touching other leaves. I never thought of it until I saw that, I should probably tie them into hands and hang them, no?
A tied hand is probably not the best way to flue-cure. I would loosely string the leaves, then assure air circulation during the flue-curing process, using a fan of some sort.
Bob
ChinaVoodoo
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Hmm. I wish I had designed my kiln differently. I'll put on my thinking cap. It's all foam except the door.
Easy fix. Get a rod or narrow dowel that is longer than the external side-to-side dimensions by at least an inch. Push it through the foam side near the top (pre-puncture with a Philips screwdriver), and out the other side. Drill two small wood blocks for end caps for each rod. Glue the blocks in place, to prevent the loaded rod weight from tearing the foam. If there's room, do rods every 6 or 8 inches across the top, and a single board glued to either side.
An alternative to the wood support blocks would be a thin plywood sheet across the top exterior that would support wires tied to either end of each rod.
I'm sure there are a half-dozen other easy remedies.
Bob
ChinaVoodoo
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Oh wow. That'll be really easy to do. I never thought of pushing something all the way through. That will make it supported vertically. I was imagining having to screw into the wall; the tension wouldn't be able to handle it.
ChinaVoodoo
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Accidental discovery. The Delhi lugs I did a poor job of flue curing in my kiln seem to make a decent wrapper. It's stretchy and strong. Is this the result of flue curing (135F) with piled leaves, the nature of Delhi lugs, or what?
ChinaVoodoo
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The perique experiment smells approximately the same. If it wasn't for the airlock, I would assume nothing is happening anymore. 
mwaller
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Interesting... What does Delhi taste like? Is it cigar-like, or something different?
ChinaVoodoo
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Hard to tell. The first one I couldn't taste through the cigar filler so it suited me fine. The second one had an off flavor I wouldn't want again. We'll see after it ages or is kilned. It's a curiosity of science more than anything.
ChinaVoodoo
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This guy came up on his own. Do you think it's Canik or Yenidge?
Not saving seed or anything. Just wondering what to write on the bag.
Not saving seed or anything. Just wondering what to write on the bag.
Tutu
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Haha always nice when unannounced strangers show up when it's in the form of a tobacco plant! No idea though!
I've never grown Canik. But Yenidje is a Basma type, and the leaves seem too long and undulating to be a Basma type.
If I were harvesting it, I would label it, "UNK". (Short for "yoU will Never Know")
Bob
If I were harvesting it, I would label it, "UNK". (Short for "yoU will Never Know")
Bob
DistillingJim
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I assume that the airlock is still bubbling away however?
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