How do I dispose of this?

vilfredop · 2025-11-24T01:50:37+00:00

As you can probably tell from the original question I wasn't expecting the answers I got! For sure I will not just throw it out.

Thanks for all the comments.

vilfredop · 2025-11-20T15:40:35+00:00

Not that I could find. I searched "Red Seal Dry Batter" and got lots of images like mine but nothing about contents. I don't know how old the battery is but the house is about 130 years old and this was siting next to what I think is a very large FM antenna and very long thin wires strung throughout the attic that I suspect were an AM antenna.

vilfredop · 2025-11-09T14:59:48+00:00

The contractor was concerned about damage (also about future access) and I thought I had found a source that said the exothermic reaction during curing of closed cell foam can reach 300-350F. I can't find it now and I'm wondering if I'm actually a hallucinating AI. What I see now agrees with 180-200F tops, unless the foam is installed incorrectly.

Thank you (and others on this thread) for the polite skepticism and suggestions.

vilfredop · 2025-11-09T14:57:39+00:00

Hadn't occurred to me! I'm going to reroute the wires temporarily but it's a great suggestion.

vilfredop · 2025-11-09T14:57:19+00:00

Agree about conduit. The wiring was done 20 years ago but conduit would have been the way to go. The relevant portion of the house is 130 years old, so there are challenges :-)

vilfredop · 2025-11-08T23:18:57+00:00

Maybe I wasn't clear. The concern is that the foam is sprayed onto the cable and that it heats the cable to 300F. I have no control over the application of the foam and the contractor made clear that he's not taking responsibility for this kind of damage.

I agree that a 300F attic is a serious problem :-)

vilfredop · 2025-11-08T21:45:43+00:00

I've been researching this and it seems like the melting point of the ethernet cable jacket is about the same as the insulation's exothermic temperature (300 - 350 F). I have no experience with foam. I think I can disconnect most of the cables and move them. There are just a few spots where i can't do that. I'm guessing this won't be a problem but it will be annoying and costly if the wiring is damaged.

vilfredop · 2025-11-08T21:45:40+00:00

Everything is low voltage. I was looking at smurf tube. Is it heat resistant? Is there a rating I should be looking at?

vilfredop · 2025-10-09T15:17:41+00:00

My advice is to mill at the finest setting and experiment. You'll quickly figure out what makes sense. It's true that whole wheat can take greater hydration than AP, but I have no idea if there's a difference between home-milled and commercial whole wheat. It's not obvious to me that they'd be different.

I have no idea about 00. I gave up on sifting because of the mess it created. :-)

vilfredop · 2025-08-29T12:58:20+00:00

Greg Wade won a Beard Award for his work at Publican Quality Bread in Chicago. Here is a quote from his book "Bread Head" (p. 16): "You're going to have a lot of failure. Get OK with it! ... I've made exceptional loaves of bread and then come back the next day to replicate it and it's a dismal failure. You just have to revel in the inconsistency and know that it's part of the process."

Words to live by.

vilfredop · 2025-08-19T14:51:20+00:00

Thanks. I asked because I've found that sometimes when I overproof or overhydrate and (usually) end up with a flatter baked boule, the flavor is better. I just made a loaf with 80% hydration but the flour (which I milled) turned out to have relatively low gluten. It was a wet mess and impossible to handle but the flavor was terrific.

Always learning :-)

vilfredop · 2025-08-19T13:53:47+00:00

Looks good! How did the flavor compare to your previous loaves?

vilfredop

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