Homemade haysteamers & temperature

[loz9]

Can you get a homemade haysteamer (dustbin & wallpaper steamer) up to the correct temperature to kill microbes? I think it needs to hit 90degrees, but not sure for how long!

If you have had success with yours please could I ask what set up you have; what wallpaper steamer? how does the steam get delivered (ie copper pipe with holes, plastic plate already on end of steamer)? How long do you run it for? & anything else that might be helpful.

Thank you very much!!!

 

[Tiddlepiddle]

This is just my opinion based on my own experience but if you cannot get to the 'magic' temp then you will not stop or prevent a hay based cough.

I think that you would need to get the steam into the bottom somewhere so that it could filter up through the hay. I have a haygain which has on the whole been fantastic and worth every penny... Despite having had a temperature problem, see another thread today.

 

[loz9]

Thank you! I was all set on buying a haygain (in the future when I've saved a bit more!!) then I saw the thread & panicked a little! lol!
Looks like I'll have to live off beans for a few months!!

 

[Tiddlepiddle]

Despite my recent issue, I would still buy another. The design is excellent and it does what they say it does. I have mine set up on two switches. One is a 90 min timed push button switch so I can run it during the day. The other is a programmable time switch which will switch it on overnight to use the cheaper electricity..... We have econ7. I have to use mine every day, sometimes twice so it gets well used LOL.

I just couldn't take the chance with a homemade one.