The Freeze Dryer Is Here!
Well... It was a whole chunk! It showed up weighing in over 350 lbs. on a pallet. I probably shouldn't have wrangled it in the house solo while recovering from shoulder surgery, but with some ingenuity I managed to get it in the house without injuring myself. The next hurdle we had to overcome was getting this monster elevated and up on a table. Fortunately, my brothers and some friends came over on Friday for my 33rd birthday. They helped us get this beast up on a table and in place. We were ready to get it fired up!!!
We were so excited we went and bought frozen berries, fresh fruit, skittles, yogurt, and all sorts of goodies to try in the freeze dryer! We wanted to try all the things!
But... it required a special electrical outlet, so it got put on hold until we had a chance to run to the hardware store. Alysha grabbed the outlet on her way back from a craft show last night, and I got it installed.
It Does Not Work....
We fired it up for the inaugural run! (They recommend the first run being moist bread slices) About two hours into the run it started beeping and giving us a vacuum error. We tried restarting it, followed all of the online troubleshooting steps, but nothing worked. This morning we called HarvestRight technical support to try and get it up and running. It is still down, but we will give you updates. We are hopeful we can get to freeze drying amazing and healthy goodies for our family and friends soon!
More soon!
Mitchell
That's so disappointing!
Oh no! how dissapointing. I hope it is an easy fix.