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Post by ripvanwinkle on Mar 20, 2008 7:51:42 GMT -5
Maybe this will interest someone: I wanted to try to heat the chocolate in my Santha. I did so with a halogen flood lamp that I bought at Lowe's for under $10: for an outdoor fixture and 150 watt bulb. I wired in a dimmer to control temperature but don't seem to need that - I run the lamp full bore so far.
The nice shiny Santha drum is too reflective - most of the heat from the lamp is reflected back and the chocolate would only heat to maybe 130F. I sprayed the drum with black (Rust-oleum) paint. Then I dried it in the oven for about 30 hours to bake on the finish. I did not rough up the chrome plate first but the paint seems to be sticking OK so far.
The temperature of the milk chocolate runs a shade under 160F with the black paint absorbing the heat from the lamp. That paint is gloss - later I will spray it with flat paint to get still less reflection.
If you think that 160F is too high please speak up. The chocolate seems OK but a bit tart, but after only two batches of milk chocolate I am hard pressed to know if it was the temperature or something else that put an edge on the taste. Again - your comments are welcome.
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