Forum Activity for @Scott Moore Jr

Problem with grinder

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You've got a lot of variables here. You need both stones to be rolling for sure. It sounds like too much chocolate in the bowl or the chocolate is not warm enough. Not knowing your percentages of ingredients, only suggestion would be to make sure the chocolate mass is warm enough to keep it moving. You are probably going to want temps over 125f to help with viscosity unless you are using additional ingredients to improve viscosity. Was the sugar warm when added? If not, it could take longer than 4 hours for the temp to recover.

Static Electricity

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While running the last two batches in the Spectra 11 there is a good amount of static electricity building on the bowl. This is new. I can't pin down the cause for this. I've run through every variable I can think of with temp, weather, humidity, etc. I'm wondering if this is an early warning sign that something is happening with the Spectra. There is enough static electricity building that it's getting my attention like never before. I'm starting to know what a mosquito feels like at the bug zapper. Was curious if anyone else experienced this and could offer up the shocking truth.

Cheers! Scott

updated by @Scott Moore Jr: 04/18/15 16:41:49

Summer shipping tips & tricks?

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i especially like the containers that shipped hearts for transplants. fits right in with our valentines gift theme.

maybe you'd like to have a heart, i'll bump you up on the priority list.

these are little coolers that were used to ship packaged meds you jack wagon.

i was kidding about the stickers.

go have a donut already.

Summer shipping tips & tricks?

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Did a little longevity comparison on two one pound gel packs. The one that is thicker with a smaller width and length footprint remained cooler. Less surface area for hot air to radiate inward makes a difference. It might be worth paying attention the dimensions and lean towards thicker packs with the same weight. Here is a link if it will work.

vine.co/v/bL1UrJUgaE3 < link no longer works

Summer shipping tips & tricks?

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Does anyone have experience with Thermo Pod? http://www.thermopod[.]net/ < now apparently out of business.

Their insulating material is reclaimed cotton fiber. It's bound by a polymer that is solid outside and perforated inside so the cotton can wick any moisture that may occur. Thicknesses from 3/4" - 1 1/2". The gentleman told me also that Koolit and Polarpak (600 series) were superior gel packs in testing they conducted. The cooling longevity for a 1 pound gel pack is nearly twice as long as 2 8 oz gel packs. Total mass of the gel and surface area for warm air to radiate heat inward makes the difference. Makes sense when you think about it. Don't have pricing as of yet and their products are not off the shelf. They are made to order with a 2 week lead time. It's supposed to be 100 here next Thursday so its time to get our coolness on. We've been using second hand foam coolers from a twitter follower who works at the Medical Center. Those insulated containers were headed for the dumpster anyways, so it's nice to get another use out of them. You just have to tape over the BIOHAZARD stickers if you don't want to disturb the client. The supply of these is no longer enough for us so its time to find another solution.