Hello, last evening I was roasting a couple of batches when I noticed some liquid slowing dripping out of the back rear housing of my Hottop. This was about my 20th roast on this, and I had never seen it before. Liquid was amber colored and wasn't hot. It didn't taste like oil or anything either. I had washed the filter about 10 roasts earlier, and it seems to be ok. Next time I roast I might put in a new filter and see if that helps. Anyone had this happen? thanks, Don
Hmmmm....I've never had that problem & can't imagine what it might be. Maybe someone else will have an idea.
Regarding the filter, for the past 6-8 weeks, I've been using the computer fan screen Randy Glass talks about here. Seems to work just fine, IMO. Plus, when I do the "big clean" every 4-5 roasts, I use Greased Lightening on it & stick it in the dishwasher & it comes out like new.
Oh, wait...it appears the 120mm ones are no longer offered. Well, if you can find the same thing elsewhere, it sure saves on the cost of filter replacement.
Are you roasting in a high relative humidity environment? The combination of air humidity and water vapor from the roasting process may cause some condensation. Normally condensation would be more of a problem when a surface is remove from a cold dry environment to a warm moist environment. Try removing the rear filter, loading chute cover and chaff tray while the unit cools. The filters that Roxie mentions work great and seem to last. So far, about 100 roasting cycle using these computer cooling fan filters. Only maintenance is a good degreasing about every ten roasting cycles.
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hey, thanks for links on filters. I'm going to look into that. somewhere, I think it might have been Tom at SM, said something about fires as a result of using different filters. thanks again, Don
Are you roasting in a high relative humidity environment?
No I think it was 40-50% RH. I do remove filter,cover, and chaff tray while cooling. I always seem to notice some moisture on the filter after a roast, but maybe there was more than usual this time and it seeped down and out during the roast. I am going to try a new filter during next roast, and see if drip goes away. If it does then I'll look into Roxie's suggestion. thanks, Don
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