My trusty Behmor is showing signs of age, as soon as I switch it on the drum starts to rotate. Probably a simple cure is available but as a self confessed electric string novice I have no idea what to do next. I tried talking, cajoling and even begging, but the little bugger just ignores me and carries on like Old Father Thames and just keeps rolling along.
Last night I did a roast, I usually do this in the cave (My house is very old) where I have an extension lead. Here I can see alarm bells ringing on Behmor owners heads, the instructions say 'never use an extension lead'. True but for the past three years I have been happy with the results, now I am not very happy. This time I roasted two 8oz batches in the kitchen using a fixed electrical socket. I am so used to the machine that I set it up as usual and carried on my routine of wandering about the house and messing around on the computer. I was the sudden difficulty of seeing that first alerted me followed by the smell of the smoke billowing through the room. So that was the first batch, blackened, weightless and very very oily. In the bin they go and start again, this time keep a constant watch and wait for first crack then hit the cooling button. It never came, I blinked and the beans were black again. I have never lost a roast before so losing two in a row was scary. My third roast was drastically reduced and I have an acceptable looking roast, but this morning the beans look tired and have no noticeable aroma. I will do another batch later today back in the cave and hope it was just a freaky change of wattage that caused the disaster. I now cannot wait until my new Huky 500T arrives and I can start afresh, then of course I will slide back into my usual idle forgetful self and ruin more beans. However; I will know who to blame this time.
I recently had a power problem in the house and the electrician pointed out that whoever had wired the house (Long before I was here) had used 30amp gear on a domestic lighting and ring circuit, and that some of my sockets would be better off in an execution chamber. He fitted a new fuse box with safety trips but advised a complete rewire to pass the safety codes.