I suppose it depends on how much you want to spend and how capable you want it to be.
Proofing bread requires dark, warmth and humidity. Any sort of cardboard box then can do, a foam insulated cooler will be more energy efficient and you might construct one using something like extruded Styrofoam board and even lined with stainless steel to be extreme. One of those VIP talking thermostats designed to operate electric heaters could be used inside the box to allow you to set and monitor the environment but a much cheaper method would be the sort of dial thermostat for electric heat with a pointer marked so you can tell where to set it. There are low power heat pads used under planting trays for seed germination or you could plug in a kettle the heat and steam from which would give heat and humidity controlled by the thermostat. When I was a kid and teenager living on the island in Temagami my mom used to wrap her pans of dough in blankets and set them on the couch next to the oil fired space heater in the living room. Seemed to work for her. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: robert moore To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 6:16 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box How about getting an incubater Or if you know any farmer types that might have one you could ask to see how they are designed. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of RJ Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 4:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box One of the things you can do is use a stiafoam cooler, like they ship meat with. Add a heating pad and a towel over the pad, place the bread in the cooler and put the lid on it. This has worked well for me, both for making homemade yoga, and bread. RJ ----- Original Message ----- From: David Sexton To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 5:38 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box I want to build a temperature controlled box for controlling the temperature at which my bread dough rises. I'm thinking a box with a heat lamp and some sort of thermostat. Any ideas for the heat and more importantly the thermostat to control it? David [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
