I like to keep my top valve set to a certain number as a limiter to keep pressure from going beyond that point and prevent any gauge damage. It also acts as my 100% level so i can accurately gauge back my roast percent-wise. I put tally marks denoting 10% increments.

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Hey, thanks for the videos! I purchased the same roaster you have after your vids gave me the confidence that it’d be alright purchasing from Yoshan last November. I have been roasting on it since February and it has been a great investment. Saving a lot of $ roasting my own beans for a small coffee shop I run. I actually am replacing my gas regulator today with a 20kpa model and came across this video just by coincidence! My cyclone fan keeps clogging up. You experiencing this? I do a lot of dark roasts for espresso beans so it’s probably because of all the oils produced at that stage. Thanks again! The Kraken Coffeehouse, Elizabeth City, NC.

I would recommend a regulator that is adjustable to 24WC on the high end. That's about 0.866 PSI or 5.97kPa.

Hi rob. Just wondering do you have anything that’s comes off the air out take from the cooling fan on the cooling tray. My roasting room gets covered in chaff that’s being blown away from when it’s cooling. Tia. Steve at naughty monkey coffee

So how many front drum bearings have you gone through ? I’m on my second replacement in less than 3 weeks. The original lasted for about 3 months and or 150 pounds of roasting.