Recent content by frustin

There must (assumed on my side, i have no clue) be something you can do about crappy looking pointing if they build? where _could_ you say something? in the planning permission (assuming again, it work needs it)?

its a victorian house, surely you'd want to keep it in the era for which it was built? as best as possible anyway. Besides which, I'm not sure why you'd be so anti-wood as it's been used for external doors for centuries. It is a back door and only faces out on to the garden. I have a...

I have a victorian house therefore hardwood would be best. Double glazed and clear, to let in lots of light. What sort of cost should I be looking at? If I said £1000, would that be too much?

this is completely true. i do the same thing when something is on the tip of my tongue but i cant remember the name. i think about something else for a few minutes and then i come back and i just recall it.

yes it does, i did think it was a bit stiff for a plug. Will change it as soon as i can.

All done, first batch is curing in the garage right now. Wiring: https://flic.kr/p/nGHj7D I think the feed at the bottom that heads off to the plug could be a bit more secure. Any suggestions. Finished https://flic.kr/p/nX6gpf I'll post again in 48 hours and depending on the...

http://www.biltongguy.com.au/beef_jerkey_vs_biltong Not a great deal of difference.

...because I made it :)

fear not, I have fan cover gauze to prevent insects crawling in.

Yes, exactly what I'm thinking. So I think 100W plus fan, will get ambient temps + 10degrees or so will be fine. The moisture is what brings on mould which is why it's needs to be drawn out (with the fan). I'll put some tin foil at the bottom to make sure that the heat is bounced upwards...

Good guess I am using 10mm ply for the box. Well the technically I dont need to hold the air in the box and find steady state, I need to raise the temperature around the beef to dry it before pulling it out. This prevents mold (from what i read). I'm trying to find information to back...

dry air is 1.00 kJ per kgC the density of air at 30C is 1.2 kg/m^3 my box is 0.18m^3 0.18x1.2=0.216Kg of air 100joules (what the bulb is supposed to be producing)=1000 joules per kgC x change (delta) in temperature x 0.216Kg delta temp = 0.1/0.216 delta temp = 0.46 degrees C in one...

230V fan looks like the answer. Thanks very much everyone for being so helpful, i'll post some pictures when it's finished.

[/url] Definitely worth a consideration. There's no problems with using a fan of this size? Slightly concerned about how the power is distributed in the fan, are they prone to over heating that sort of thing. 12V fan seems a bit safer.