Now, I was originally setting the bowling ball on the trays of the dehydrator. Leave a couple trays in there, the ball sits on the trays, put a 5-gallon pail over it, and you're good to go.
The problem is…those trays are a hard plastic and not meant for the weight of a bowling ball. So if you dehydrate for 30-40 minutes…those trays get warm, less rigid, and start to crack/break.
That led me to use the TOP of the dehydrator, upside down, as a sort of tray. BAD mistake because the top is a less rigid material and after 30 minutes tends to melt. This led to one of my bowling balls falling a bit and coming in contact with the heating elements on the bottom of the unit…and those are hot enough that it melted a spot on my ball.
It wasn't in the track, so I got lucky, but that led me to make some changes to the design of the unit.
I'll post pics of the changes later tonight.
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