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why are my sausages drying soooo fast?
Thanks guys, I'm quite sure my humidity readings should be OK - I've got a brand new humidistat and I kept wired in the old one just for comparison. And I now understand the problem I had with my old humidistat - its readings are correct but it is very slow in updating (it is usually several... -
why are my sausages drying soooo fast?
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why are my sausages drying soooo fast?
Hi guys, I'm in a need of your advice again. My curing box is working fine now and I do have a good control of its humidity. I tried to dry cure something smaller simpler first – 2kg batch of sausages in hog casings with diameter of around 28mm. I'm following a recipe from the book of... -
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Desperate about humidity in my curing fridge!
It works! Brilliant! The fridge is still empty but I have really good control of the humidity now. LESSON LEARNED Here is a recap of what I've learned. It applies to any fridge which does not have built-in fan and is designed either with a cooling element exposed inside the fridge or hidden... -
Desperate about humidity in my curing fridge!
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Desperate about humidity in my curing fridge!
I just finished a modification I'm quite hopeful about! I returned back to my first older fridge which has the cooling element exposed in the top half. As you can see from the picture I decided to isolate the cooling element using unused underfloor insulation (polystyrene). I made two holes... -
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Desperate about humidity in my curing fridge!
starwars1138, thanks very much for the links! Very useful. The guy in the youtube video had an alternative solution which I found quite interesting too: placing a bag of desiccant into the fridge; andmaking a hole in the fridge door and inserting a computer fan into it and controling the fan... -
Desperate about humidity in my curing fridge!
That's a good trick to try! Thanks, -David -
Desperate about humidity in my curing fridge!
Aiming for 15C. Door once/twice a day. There where times when I tried to minimize door openings and see if some equlibrium develops in the fridge. But it never did apart from RH going to HH (>99). I will double check it when my humidistat replacement arrives and see. I did few tests yesterday... -
Desperate about humidity in my curing fridge!
"Siemens Vinotheque", >8 years old, 190cm tall, supposed to fit 72 bottles of wine. What you say makes lots of sense to me. I have the fridge in garage where ambient temperature these days is around 12-18C and so my cooling cycle (to keep the fridge at 15C) is often very short and infrequent... -
Desperate about humidity in my curing fridge!
I've just ordered a new humidistat. I'm suspecting the current one might be faulty. Fingers crossed that will be answer to all my problems! I will keep you posted. -David -
Desperate about humidity in my curing fridge!
Thanks. I checked that and the drain is OK. -David
