Homemade bread humidity Videos

Looks good Matt.  Thanks for including me!

+Matt Heere New WTV episode is out... check the latest video on my channel to see this featured. Thanks Matt!!!

+Matt Heere Ha ha. Great. Thank you. I'll pass along the new show link after it's live (maybe Tuesday). :-)

+Awesome Wood Things Thanks! I'd be honored! Would have cleaned myself up better if I'd known... ;)

+Matt Heere It seems to me that you're probably not new to code. Someone that has never been introduced to code will see this video and still be completely confused. They'll have no idea what you mean by "variable", "object", "library", "call", "loop" etc.For someone that already has an understanding of some (any) language of code, yes, this is very basic.I've read a number of "Beginner's guide to (code)" written from the standpoint of a person that thinks the very basic concepts of code (especially that particular code) are known to everyone.I think the average person, despite your clear explanation of how it works, could not replicate this without significant research and tutoring.

+Ozzstar It's funny to me that so many folks react just as you did Ozz. When I look at it, there are only 13 lines that are actually needed for this thing to do the humidity control. The rest is fooling with the display (optional for sure) or just making things look prettier in the editor.I see these types of projects as being WAY more approachable than most of what you and I do on our channels. It doesn't require a shop space, no expensive tools, <$50 worth of parts, and it's next to impossible to hurt yourself.  Why people who see no problem with sticking their hands into a $2000 table saw are scared away at one page of code is baffling to me. I guarantee you it's 10X simpler than the wiring harness on any car made in the last 10 years :)

+Matt Heere License Smicense, if you are a E.E. you are pro! Good stuff Matt. Thankz

E.E. by schooling.  I have an assortment of FCC licenses as well ranging from my old college operators permit up to my (converted from the old tech plus) HAM license.  Nothing professional though.

+Matt Heere Thanks for the reply. What kind of engineer? I used to have a 1st Class Radio Telephone Engineer License. They are not required any more and I'm too old to climb towers. Any and all of your posts are great! Thankz

+Audio Tech Labs Frustrated musician is more like it! I dabble - played almost everything at one point. Was only ever good at the sax. Engineer is what pays the bills :)

+Ticky66MN They exist, but they're designed for reptile enclosures and they tend to be expensive. Your best bet is probably just to get a lamp timer and set the humidifier to run for some part of every hour. With some experimentation you'll be able to dial it in pretty closely - at least until the outdoor conditions change significantly. I still have to solve the run empty problem in my setup. How to measure the water level without altering the water container, and without spending $50, is the conundrum.You could also try to work something up using a humidistat designed for your central heating system. They're available at HD/Lowes for around $25. Problem is that they're designed to switch 24 volts AC to drive a small solenoid valve. You'll still need a 24VAC power supply (wall wart will work) and a 24VAC coil relay to control the humidifier.

+Donny Thanks!

+David Lankford It depends on the circulation available. Without the heat pump pushing the air around I'd definitely be too close to get a good picture of the whole room. As is, it works out OK because the fan keeps everything fairly well "mixed up". Of course in a critical application you could use multiple DHT sensors and decide in the code how you want to interpret the results. Reptile enclosures are a common example of this. People measure both the "hot" and "cold" side of the enclosure and try to keep a specific gradient more than a specific temperature.There are tons of videos out there already on getting started with Arduino development, not to mention some really good tutorials and instructions on Arduino.cc. Bob over at +I Like To Make Stuff just did a series on Arduino as well. I do have a couple more projects in mind though, so I'll try and work some different steps into the mix in the future :)

Ziet er mooi uit maar kan nergens de i bouwmaterialen vinden??

OMG, I want one of these. Very nice.

+B McCready Thanks, I can't wait to see it.

+jlski56 Hey there, it's been a while and I haven't had as much time to work on my smoke generator as I would have liked, but I have made progress and have started my first test burn today and the results are very encouraging. I went with a completely different design and I'll send you a link when I get it done and posted. 

+B McCready If you can afix a piece of stainless steel exspanded metal ( //www.metalsdepot.com/products/stainless2.phtml?page=expanded ) in the bottom, it would be better to light it from the bottom and it would allow more ash to drop out of the burning section and create a drop flow for your smoking material.

I'm actually using fine chips and shavings from a friends mulberry tree that was cut down, I have a fair amount of it as well as branch pieces and chunks. I'm using a high-flow aquarium/hydroponics pump with adjustable flow and I had it set pretty low. It started having trouble about 1/2 hour in because ash was clogging the holes that I used to light it, so I knocked it a bit and once the ash was dislodged it started smoking better again. I think I need to put bigger holes and also something to direct the shavings toward that side of the container. I also think that I will want to get a bigger container at some point. I'm going to play with it a bit more today and see what I can figure out.    

How long did it burn and are you using chips or pellets? A combination of both will help to prevent clogging.

Thanks, The first try was a moderate success, but I need to tweak it a bit. 

You can do it "B". If you have any questions, I'm here. ;)

+jlski56 Thanks, I've started working on an experimental smoke generator myself, I hope I can make one that works as well. 

Thanks B. The smoke generator is made from exhaust pipe a few bras fittings allowing me to connect a mattress air pump. There is also a brass shutoff valve to control the amount of air pumped into the generator. The generator is fueld by wood pellets or wood chips. The pellets are lit near the bottom and once they start smoldering, the air valve is opened to allow air to pump the smoke from the generator with a venturi effect into the smoke house. It to about 5 minutes to fill the smokehouse with smoke to overflowing.