Bud dryer - manicured to smoke in 3 days

Al, i was wondering if you could explain a bit more on how you assemble & wire the resistors, dimmer, and heat sink

Thanks

Edit: nevermind found the answer on page 20, thanks al, your amazing

very cool, thanks Al

im waaaaaaay late but it got to me when i needed it! thank u AL!

has anyone seen those staking cooling racks for baking... i got one at big lots a while back for 5 bucks...they would work perfectly in these thing....the legs on them stack up and can be stacked as high as u want them to go....they come 3 in a pack...

DoobyDoo said:

The FAQt is shut down and I don't know if you'll see this or not Al, but thanks for all the info. You have helped so many people, and so many more will still benefit from your generous sharing of knowledge. Thank you, and best of luck with the writing gig.

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Thanks for the thanks, DD.

The writing gig is plodding along, but so is my op. I only get about 2-3 hrs a week that I can plug into writing about growing dope these days, usually about 3-5AM on Sundays (Aus eastern time).

Seamaiden said:

Well.. color me happy for him, but totally bummed for us. Wow, a paying gig writing.

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Well, I haven't disappeared from RIU entirely. I just can't put 6-8h/day into it as I once did. It wasn't a ton of cash when I accepted the gig, but it was a good career step as I've picked up more work as a result.

smartsoverambition said:

good 4 u al b. hopefully ur posts will stay open u've really helped us all out

peace?

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Thanks for that. Yes, quite a few posts of mine have remained open and I do check them from time to time.

Peace on you, too.

KazzarGrower said:

what kinda dog was mr ganja

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Ugly.

Dirty Jerz said:

Al, i was wondering if you could explain a bit more on how you assemble & wire the resistors, dimmer, and heat sink

Thanks

Edit: nevermind found the answer on page 20, thanks al, your amazing

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Glad you found it.

Top 44 said:

very cool, thanks Al

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no worries.

warisnottheanswer said:

im waaaaaaay late but it got to me when i needed it! thank u AL!

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cool.

tokinchef said:

has anyone seen those staking cooling racks for baking... i got one at big lots a while back for 5 bucks...they would work perfectly in these thing....the legs on them stack up and can be stacked as high as u want them to go....they come 3 in a pack...

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yep, that would be ideal. Stackable plastic storage racks would also be good. Either are a lot better than anything hanging by chains from the lid of the box, which requires you hold the lid up in the air with one hand while loading/unloading with the other, which is awkward, but when this thing was first built around 2000, it was made with materials on hand. It kept working so I never changed it.

Great to see ya back, Al B!

Dude, i built my own bud dryer last week, i made some modifacations to fit my budget, but holy fuck i harvested on Sunday and smoked dry bud on wednesday...+++reps to Al B. Fuct

Nothing takes the place of time and doing it right. Moving air is just that, moving air. Moving air, even alot of it, will not speed up the real curring process. It will speed up drying, but not curring.

wassup Al
any updates on Bud dryer v2?

budence1979 said:

Dude, i built my own bud dryer last week, i made some modifacations to fit my budget, but holy fuck i harvested on Sunday and smoked dry bud on wednesday...+++reps to Al B. Fuct

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coolio.

A 3-day bud dryer which doesn't get any warmer than 29C is a useful piece of kit. Stops any possibility of mould while preserving potency.

The Good Doctor said:

Nothing takes the place of time and doing it right. Moving air is just that, moving air. Moving air, even alot of it, will not speed up the real curring process. It will speed up drying, but not curring.

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'Curing' might be useful for tobacco, where one is smoking leaf material, but it's just not necessary for cannabis.

SOG said:

wassup Al
any updates on Bud dryer v2?

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Nope, v2.0 is the final rev. In this form, it holds the air temp to 29C max and gets the job done in 3 days. I don't know if I've covered it in the past, but an intake air filter made from a layer of pantyhose material is useful. Keeps dust and wayward bugs out of the dryer.

It seems like the bud will be cripsy as fdd said on the first response. Anyhow if it works that would be great!

Nope, you take the buds out before they are overdried. Even if you do accidentally overdry, it's easy to rehydate them; a couple of teaspoons of water on a paper towel which is nested in with the buds for a few hoursdoes the trick.

Hey Al, I've referred to your threads here on RIU for information for quite some time now, so having never posted to say so, I just want to take a quick mo' to show appreciation for the knowledge that you pass on. So, thanks mate!

Anyway, I have a quick question regarding H2O2, if you have time and assuming you still frequent RIU.

I've looked most everywhere on Google, aswell as local hydro stores, for the 50% grade flavour in my area, to no avail. The cheapest I can find is only 35% grade via eBay but it's priced at 200GBP (355AUD) for 25L.

Surely this is excessively overpriced? If so, is there a specific alternative which you might recommend?

Thanks.

Don MaJic said:

Hey Al, I've referred to your threads here on RIU for information for quite some time now, so having never posted to say so, I just want to take a quick mo' to show appreciation for the knowledge that you pass on. So, thanks mate!

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You're quite welcome.

Anyway, I have a quick question regarding H2O2, if you have time and assuming you still frequent RIU.

I've looked most everywhere on Google, aswell as local hydro stores, for the 50% grade flavour in my area, to no avail. The cheapest I can find is only 35% grade via eBay but it's priced at 200GBP (355AUD) for 25L.

Surely this is excessively overpriced? If so, is there a specific alternative which you might recommend?

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Yeah, you're right, that's waaay too much. I pay $AUD125/25L for 50% grade from this mob.

Forgot to mention... check foodservice equipment dealers, they usually have 35% H2O2, sold for sterilising equipment like meat slicers, etc. Might be a lot cheaper than what you've found so far.

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Have done a bit of googling for 'food grade' H2O2 in the UK. I'm more than a bit alarmed by some of the uses that some sellers of the stuff recommend. There's a few pseudosciencemongers out there that want you to DRINK the stuff, on the premise that this is somehow good for 'getting more oxygen into the body,' as though your intestines have lungs...

H2O2 is great for sterilising inorganic hydroponic systems and solutions, thus oxygenating roots and killing pathogens in the rootmasses... but you don't ever want to drink it!

Ok, thanks ABF. It seems to be very hard stuff to source in usable amounts (or at a realistic price) in this area, but I'm sure I'll find some eventually. Otherwise, it looks like I'm going down the import route.

...but you don't ever want to drink it!

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Yeah, it's funny how most other sites that advertise H2O2 have "do not ingest" plastered everywhere.

Don MaJic said:

Ok, thanks ABF. It seems to be very hard stuff to source in usable amounts (or at a realistic price) in this area, but I'm sure I'll find some eventually. Otherwise, it looks like I'm going down the import route.

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Sorry Don, I wish I could be of more help. I do recall someone else in the UK asked me about H2O2, back in the distant mists of time, but I can't recall where that feller found it.

Don MaJic said:

Yeah, it's funny how most other sites that advertise H2O2 have "do not ingest" plastered everywhere.

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Some folks in this world either don't have a grasp on simple science or reckon they can turn a buck with bullshit. You can rest very well assured that anyone telling people to drink H2O2 is one of the two (or even both)...

Hey guys the most informative post i have read in a lon time Fuct you should be voted medical pot czar in the usa im wondering are there any other sources of heat that someone can use instead of a soldering iron?Since i plan on using a 28gal strongbox??

Thanks for the compliments.

My dryer's heater is a bunch of resistors mounted to a big heatsink, temp controlled with a thermostat, a 500W HD light dimmer is used to both limit max temp and slow the temp ramp up. Fan is mounted to draw air through the heatsink fins. You could do any number of variations on that theme to suit your dryer.

Al B. Fuct said:

Thanks for the compliments.

My dryer's heater is a bunch of resistors mounted to a big heatsink, temp controlled with a thermostat, a 500W HD light dimmer is used to both limit max temp and slow the temp ramp up. Fan is mounted to draw air through the heatsink fins. You could do any number of variations on that theme to suit your dryer.

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Al, have read many, many of your threads from front to back, and seeing as you're still popping in here from time to time, I'd just like to say thanks.

From the heart, no bullshit, thanks.

Gonna make a box without a heater (three extra days isn't a big deal to me), and I'll post pics at a later date.

But seriously, for your selfless work, thanks.

And not sure about your drug use at this point in time, but if you'd like to accidentally smoke or snort or ingest any drug in any way and are on the east coast (along the BOS-WASH corridor), drop me a PM.