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Interesting that didn't happen, as long as you stir the beans regularly. (and in a MV that has a rotating platter) The few batches I did was very evenly "roasted" Also, you will need gloves. The bowl will get very hot. dcarch

Batteries are guaranteed not to leak or corrode. But they do. I think the guarantee also says any damage to your appliance, they will pay for the damage. dcarch

Sorry I have to disagree with you. I have done lot's of chrome plating. Chrome plating has been used extensively in very abusive environments, for instance, automotive, rain, snow, sand blast, road salt, etc. As a matter of fact, chrome plated cast iron cookware was popular. Expensive? depend on where perhaps, but very long lasting. BTW, it is copper, then nickel, and finally chrome in the plating process, not what you said. dcarch

I drink too much coffee. Always trying different beans. I roast my own green coffee beans. Also always try to look for different ways to roast the beans. An idea came to my head. "What if I use the microwave oven?" Looked on youtube, didn't find anyone's video. I tried, and it worked. You can microwave/roast green coffee beans, small or large quantities. 1. You need a ceramic bowl, not covered. Plastic may melt. 2. You need to stir the beans every 20 seconds to get an even "roast", depending on your MW power. 3. Near the end, it will be somewhat smoky. 4. It didn't take too long, depending how dark you like the beans roasted. Anyone tried the same? How do you roast yours? dcarch

I don't know if many "beer coolers" are insulated. Mostly they are "Isolated" by using double layer construction. No insulation, just air space, between the layers. An "isolated" vessel, if with vacuum in the space is extremely effective in not loosing heat, such as in a thermos bottle. dcarch

What are you going to do with them? dcarch

Most circulators use simple shaded pole motors, which are somewhat efficient. To circulate water, you need very little power. However, they just don't make special shaded pole motors small enough just for sous vide use. Inverters invert by switching (pulsing, chopping) DC to transform to higher voltage, switching means on and off. on and off means square wave. Pure square wave can do damage to some electrical devices. So they have to reshape square waves to more like sine waves. dcarch

Go and have it chrome plated. dcarch

Just want to be clear, being a food lover, or foodie, is not a requirement to participate. As a matter of fact, there are many food haters here: " I hate artichokes, (eggplants, cilantro, onion --------- liver -----) can someone suggest a substitute?" Welcome! dcarch

Thank you for pointing this out. Sometimes it takes time for the members here to jump in and respond. Just for your information, as you are new here, there is a huge reservoir of sous vide related discussions in this Forum on any topic you can think of. The posts must numbered well over a 100,000 including from many very well known authors and manufacturers. Regarding switching refrigerators, many inexpensive aquarium temperature controllers can do that by incorporating a slight time delay for the refrigerant to equalize. The Mellow circulator mentioned above will not need that because the cooling is done using a solid state Peltier device, not a mechanical compressor. dcarch

"----2- any suggestions how i might be able to repair it myself? is it a fuse that is burnt? can the heater be busted? ----" ​Do not try to fix a device like this yourself unless you are very very experienced with power electric work. ​High power, cramped components, water operating environment ------- someone can be killed if you don't know the proper way to wiring things up. dcarch

All storage/rechargeable batteries have limited recharge cycles, and they age every time you use them. The system which charges the battery and invert the battery power full time to power line voltage devices may have a shorter life. Also, The charger is not 100% efficient and the inverter is even less efficient. You will be wasting energy if you use a ups to power your other devices. Except super capacitors, which operates not by chemical reactions, and is 100% efficient. dcarch

By definition, electric heating is 100% efficient. I think what you mean is how much $ it would cost to do a long cook. Do remember that also in the calculation, all the BTUs in the cooking is 100% used to heat your house in the winter. dcarch

Things can look very good for electronic units to filter out peaks and valleys in supply line power. With nano carbon technology, there is a new generation of super capacitors which can go into the power section of electronic gadgets. dcarch

There must be a thousand different designs for a UPS, but I have a problem understanding what you are saying, which does not mean your are wrong. A battery is a 12vdc device, you can't send 120vac thru it. A UPS cannot (I think) always be supplying power even when the line power in not out. The only way to do that would be parallel the UPS and line power. But to do that you end up with a difficult situation. UPS is a regulated constant voltage device, let's say at 120vac, with a sine wave or square wave timing that is non-synchronous to line wave's wave form output. Line voltage varies in voltage, when that happens, if the voltage is higher then the UPS, it can burn out the UPS, and if the line voltage is lower than the UPS, the UPS will be powering up your entire house and the whole neighborhood thru the main panel. dcarch

A UPS system can be any power, including a generator. In a battery (portable) system, I am not sure it always mean instantaneous response. A battery UPS trickle charges the internal batteries, typically lead acid sealed 12VDC batteries. When the circuit detect a power interruption, an inverter circuit kicks in to convert the 12vdc to 120vac (or 240vac) at 60hz (or 50hz). All these may take a fraction of a second. A surge protector, OTOH, by definition, acts instantaneously. dcarch

For that may be you don't need a UPS system, just a very good surge protector. UPS is for power outages and only has enough power to allow you time to properly shut down your computer system. A UPS can be big and heavy. A good surge protector is not cheap but smaller. dcarch

No battery can power a 1000 watt heater in a sous vide circulator for too long. dcarch

When I blanch, the blanching water often turn green and have vegetable taste. That indicates to me that some good stuff is lost to the water. So I mostly steam or microwave before sautee-ing. dcarch

I don't eat burgers often, mostly because I can't find good buns. Why waste beef on lousy buns? I did want to try to make SV burger, so I had to make my own buns. I am not a fat eater, so I used lean bottom round, hand chopped. with a few other stuff and seasoning mixed in. SV at 132F, 24 hours. Topped with roasted peppers, sauteed onions. I decided for this go around, I just want to taste the beef. No cheese. They were very good. dcarch

Then there is Balut to be considered. dcarch

I think it is crazy and irresponsible to promote that (Pizza Party) oven for indoor use. The design does not allow for complete combustion, therefore, CO (carbon monoxide) will be a byproduct. It may not kill you the first time, but after a while --------------------- dcarch

I think youtube maybe also a good place to publicize this shameful situation. dcarch

I think it is an important question. But I don't know the answer. I seem to remember that not all the meat from a cow are considered kosher. dcarch

Not that there are no studies which prove this is not true: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/picky-eating-genetic-heredity-children-food_n_2926924.html dcarch