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Comment on Movie Theatre Popcorn Secret Ingredient? by John

John — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:43:50 +0000

I've been trying to make movie theater popcorn for a long time now, but haven't quite gotten the right formula. I have flavacol, orville seeds, coconut oil, and a whirlypop popper. It usually tastes too salty and not buttery enough. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but it just doesn't come out like the movie theaters has. I have used different toppings but none really seem to add anything to the popcorn. Has anyone successfully gotten movie theater quality popcorn?

What products do you use, and amount of ingredients do you use? Help!

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Comment on Ceiling Fan Capacitor Solutions by Rob - South Africa

Rob - South Africa — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:56:15 +0000

Thanks for very informative website

I had problems with capacitors not lasting and expensive to replace.

Nowdays I run two wires through centre piping and mount microwave oven capacitors on top of motor either series or paralel depending on what values you need.

Microwave caps are more or less [2000 working voltage] and therefore outlasts the motor.

It does look a bit awkward when you know they are mounted there, but hey, who looks up to your ceiling fan.

Comment on Part 2: Experimenting with Bread Dough Process by Medytacyjna

Medytacyjna — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:01:59 +0000

It’s a long process but its worth it. Thanks for sharing!

Comment on Ceiling Fan Capacitor Woes by John

John — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:10:34 +0000

Wanted to thank Ken for this terrific article. Just wish I found it before I tore my fan apart trying to find out why it wasn't working. Fortunately I was able to reasseble our fan and now just waiting to get our new capacitor.

Thanks Ken!

Comment on San Diego County Board of Supervisors, Medical Marijuana, and Waiting to Inhale by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:43:37 +0000

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday gave tentative approval to a law that would eventually shut down all but 70 of the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries. The ordinance would some day close down 475 of the 545 pot stores that the Weekly has found to be up and operating. We need to speak up and let them know that it is not acceptable. They can not limit the number of dispensaries to 70 and push them to industrial areas where it is not convenient or safe for patients to access.

Comment on Movie Theatre Popcorn Secret Ingredient? by Henry

Henry — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:03:31 +0000

I have found butter flavor Flavocol and peanut oil make the best popcorn… bar none. I have a Gold Medal popcorn machine. I found the cococut oil (though reccomended) gave the popcorn an odd taste. Peanut oil takes the heat and imparts a fantastic flavor. Just be careful of people with peanut alergies.

Comment on Ceiling Fan Capacitor Woes by Ken L. Klaser

Ken L. Klaser — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:51:00 +0000

Juan:

Determining the resonant frequency, or some harmonic of it, is far beyond my expertise level (another similar circuit called a series resonant circuit). However, your questions and project once again show the need for more specifications to be disclosed in the owner's manual.

Going back to coil resistance, it may be a good idea to also check resistances or non-continuity of the coils to to the case or ground.

Since I believe you said this was a relatively new fan, only operated for 15 minutes or so, perhaps you should simply return it for a replacement, presuming it's covered under any guarantee that may exist.

Comment on Ceiling Fan Capacitor Woes by Juan

Juan — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:09:29 +0000

Thanks Ken for your answer. I have another question: what is the inductance value or approximated inductance value for the stator's windings on the pictures you sent me? it's important to me in order to measuring and find out if the coils are OK. If I put a new capacitor and the winding is burned what could happen?

Thanks again.

Comment on Ceiling Fan Capacitor Woes by Ken L. Klaser

Ken L. Klaser — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:55:27 +0000

Hi Juan, you'd probably have some of the questions answered by the schematics and disassembly found here. There is one two-capacitor schematic on those pages, though it may not be the same as yours. Those pictures identify the rotor versus the stator, and give a generalized idea as to a possible coil layout. If you look at the differences between the schematic and the pictures, you'll probably realize the schematic is idealized.

I have seen no specifications for ceiling fans regarding run and/or auxiliary winding resistances. I'm loathe to speculate, though it's generally known that resistance increases as wire length increases, or as wire size (diameter of cross section) decreases.