Re: yogourmet - increase temp with dimmer??

[Guest guest]

Hi Baden,I'm no electrician but I really don't think the dimmer switch is going to help you. It allows you to lower the amount of power getting to your yogurt maker which keeps it from over heating. It doesn't allow for increasing it though. I'm not sure where you live, but I'm assuming with winter here, it's colder than usual in your house? Is there a warmer place in the house that you can put it? Maybe wrap a heating pad around it? From what I've read, you don't want the temp below 100*F. The bacteria just aren't very active at temps below that and won't be doing their job. So, to be safe, I'd say if you can't get the temp up a bit, best not to chance it.Yeah, I want an Excalibur too. It's on my ever growing wish list :-)Take care,Kim H.husband, , CD

1999SCD 2002

I know the trick for reducing the temp of the Yogourmet by using a

dimmer switch. Has anyone had success *increasing* the temp with the

same tool? My yogurt's been running 6 hours now and was at 90 degrees.

I wrapped a towel around it and it got up to 95.

If I don't manage to get it higher, will the yogurt still be SCD-okay?

Or will it need to be given to non-SCDers?

After I sell my house, first thing I'm doing is replacing the

Yogourmet with the Excalibur...

Baden

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Kim

Yeah, my house is definitely cool.

On this batch, I found that

(a) initially, my thermometer was not calibrated, so was initially

displaying an artificially low temp,

( recalibration fixed this, and showed an excellent temp for several

hours, after which it began to creep too high

© the dimmer was totally successful in bringing it back down

(d) at about hour 20, the temp had dipped too far back down (despite

full power again) and would not come back up

The store is willing to refund the Yogourmet, so I'm going to trade in

that, the $25 dimmer, and the heating pad I would otherwise have

purchased toward an Excalibur!

Baden

[Guest guest]

Baden,

You're very welcome.

I think the Excalibur is definitely the way to go if you have the means.

Kim H.

Thanks, Kim :)Yeah, my house is definitely cool.On this batch, I found that (a) initially, my thermometer was not calibrated, so was initiallydisplaying an artificially low temp,( recalibration fixed this, and showed an excellent temp for severalhours, after which it began to creep too high© the dimmer was totally successful in bringing it back down(d) at about hour 20, the temp had dipped too far back down (despitefull power again) and would not come back upThe store is willing to refund the Yogourmet, so I'm going to trade inthat, the $25 dimmer, and the heating pad I would otherwise havepurchased toward an Excalibur!Baden