Electric driers timer: types, functions, how to choose

Electric driers - a special home kitchen appliance with a heating element, thermostat and removable trays. It is intended for dehydration of vegetables, fruits, berries, mushrooms, in order to preserve their useful properties, and increase shelf life.

Types elektrosushilok timer

According to the principle of the Electric driers timer divided into two types:

• convection - fruit is dried with hot air flows through the heating element. Is a natural air circulation, heats the trays with the products in an upward direction. In a more technologically advanced models built fan for dispersing the heated air dryer interior space for the uniform drying.

Advantages:

1. Affordable price

Disadvantages:

1. The quality of the product obtained decreases due to dehydration during hot working.
2. Processing Time

• infrared - keep the fruit maximum amount of nutrients due to the penetration of the product in the infrared rays. The drying process takes place at a temperature of 40 - 60 degrees.

Advantages:

1. The drying time is considerably less than in the convection models.
2. Higher quality products due to the uniform evaporation of moisture from the fruit fibers.
3. Economical power consumption.

Disadvantages:

1. High price
2. large size

The principle of operation is to remove moisture from the products by infrared radiation at a certain temperature, which is regulated by a thermostat. Before the start of drying fruits and vegetables required wash, cut and put in a dehydrator, selecting the desired temperature. The optimum temperature for the drying - 40 degrees.

Depending on the type of fruit and desired results, the drying process takes 2 to 24 hours. The maximum time required for the dehydration of products containing a large amount of moisture (grapes, plums, apricots and the like) Dehydrator operates in standalone mode without consuming large amounts of electricity.

Type-share three kinds elektrosushilok:

Common type of dehydrator: Plastic pallet thickness of about 0.5 cm, wherein the integrated heating elements. Working principle: it is decomposed fruit, the device is included in the network and starts a drying process. During operation, it is necessary to mix the products.

Advantages:

• Economical power consumption.
• Easy to use.
• Roomy sheet (an average of 20 * 60 cm).

Disadvantages:

• It should not be placed on the uncoated surface.
• Uneven drying fruit.
• The need for mixing of products during drying.
• Natural air circulation complicate the drying process.

Universal dehydrators to dry large amounts of fruitsConsisting of a body and multiple pallets amount from 3 to 7 and more pieces. By type of load they are vertical and horizontal.

When the vertical loading fruits they are placed in a dryer on top of several pallets stacked in tiers. In horizontal products for drying are placed in a dehydrator similar to the oven. The height of such dryers is from 30 to 60 cm. The shape may be round or square.

Advantages:

• Large load volume products.
• Equipment temperature controller, timer, backlight.
• The ability to post on the surface of the furniture without additional coating.

Disadvantages:

• During the drying process, for uniform evaporation is required to interchange the upper and lower trays.

infrared dehydrators large size, resembling an electric stove with an oven. Basically, this type is used for production purposes.

Material housing.

The structure may be made of a heat-resistant plastic or metal. Of the two embodiments it is recommended to choose the design of opaque plastic as a transparent transmits light, has a detrimental effect on the dried fruit and the metal interferes with the uniform drying.

Pallet Material.

Pallets are made of plastic and stainless steel. Plastic is much lighter in weight, less expensive, but are short-lived. Metal is heavier in weight, cost more expensive, more difficult to care for them, but life from them any longer.

Electric driers function with timer

Electric dehydrator performs the following tasks:

1. Drying vegetables, fruits, berries, preserving vitamins and minerals for the purpose of long-term storage. Optimum temperature - 40 degrees.
2. Manufacturing of cured meats and fish, dried mushrooms, roots, herbs, spices, at a temperature above 40 degrees.
3. The dryer can be cooked chips, crackers, pizza and other dishes in the tradition of raw food without heat treatment.
4. Desserts - marshmallows, cookies, cakes.
5. Fermentation yogurt, cottage cheese, yogurt, sour cream.

Besides the basic functionality, which includes: the presence of the fan for uniform convection Air in similar types of dryers, the choice of power operation, there are a number of additional and important functions:

Protecting the motor from overheating It enables the dryer to work for a long time without interruption and extend the service life of the appliance.

Timer - an important element in the management of the dehydrator. It automatically switches off the instrument after a specified period of time. elektrosushilok models with this function allow to safely leave the unit running in the absence of people in the room at the desired time.

The advantage of such models is that the fruit will not over dried at a careless, and you are free from the constant monitoring of the drying process. In some models, optional timer.

The presence of the thermostat in models with electronic control allows you to specify the type of automatic temperature selection mode dry fruits with adjustable drying time.

Thermostat It supports the same warm temperature inside the oven off when the desired value is exceeded and switched on cooling. This feature leads to energy savings.

backlight It allows you to monitor the drying process without opening the lid.

How to Choose Electric driers with timer

• Power selection. Depending on the purpose of use of the dryer (dehydration of fruits and vegetables or additional drying meats and fish), as well as size, number of trays is required to choose appropriate power dryer. For sufficiently small device 300 watts, with the amount of marker for pallets 7-10 pieces required power of 650-1000 watts.

• air method. It is recommended to stop the choice Electric driers with side air supply for even heating.
• The bottom of the dehydrator should be protected from falling into the fruit juice on top of him, the more so if the fan is located at the bottom. Practical to choose a model with a fan located at the top.
• Depending on the drying trays goal is to choose the appropriate height. The higher their walls, the larger fruit can be dried. The height of up to 1 cm is only suitable for fruits and vegetables. The design of the pallet with a double wall promotes uniform distribution of hot air.

How to Use Electric driers

1. Before using the required wash all removable parts and containers, dry, inner surface of the dryer with a damp cloth.
2. Before you begin, Electric driers want to install on a flat surface. The device should not be mounted on the hot surface, near a heat source, a hinged shelves.
3. Pre-prepared food evenly spread out on trays.
4. Set trays so as to leave a space large enough for the free circulation of air between them.
5. On each pallet apply from 0.5 to 0.8 kg product.
6. Set the dryer trays.
7. Cover and do not remove it until the end of Electric driers.
8. Connect the dryer to the network and translate the power button in the operating position, to turn on the indicator light.
9. For automatic shutdown is required to specify a specific time on the timer corresponding to the period required processing fruit.
10. Select the degree of warm-up, depending on the capacity.
11. With the temperature controller is required to specify the desired mode, based on the recommended temperature regimes:

• greens and herbs - 35/40 C
• bread - 40/50 C
• vegetables and mushrooms - 50/55 C
• fruit - 55-60 C.
• fish, meat - 65-70 C.

1. After the end of the dryer switch off, allow to cool, rub the inside with a damp cloth.
2. Disconnect from the network.
3. During operation, it is recommended to use all available complete pallets, despite the degree of fullness.

Precautionary measures

1. Check the technical characteristics of the power supply.
2. Do not use household Electric driers for industrial purposes.
3. The device must be disconnected from the network during off-hours.
4. Power cord can not be immersed in water or other liquid.
5. It is not allowed the presence of a number of children during his tenure.
6. It can not be left on for a long time in the network.
7. Do not touch the hot surfaces.
8. To avoid breakage or electric shock, it is recommended to use only those constituent elements which are included in the complete set with a timer Electric driers.
9. Do not use for continuous operation for more than 40 hours. After this time, you want to disable it from the network and allow to cool.
10. The dryer must not be covered.
11. Repair damage is carried out only in service centers.
12. Installation is allowed only on surfaces that are not exposed to heat in order to prevent fires.
13. When finding at a temperature below 0 C, before work is required to hold it at room temperature for at least two hours.

malfunctions

Eliminating faults occurring is required to produce when disconnected from the mains.

Do not run the fan when the dehydrator to the network.

Decision:

• check the integrity of the power cord and plug
• check the presence of voltage
• lubricate the bearings and rotate the rotor shaft to a light rotation.

Inlet air fan is not heated.

Decision:

• turn the thermostat to set the desired temperature
• remove the cover ventilation unit, check the attachment of wires to the heating element and to fix them.
• Check the attachment of wires to the thermostat
• replace the heating element

Turn off the dryer during operation.

Decision:

• the temperature exceeded 70 degrees or occurred fan motor stop
• when stopping the engine is required to lubricate the bearings and crank shaft a number of times.