Recent content by Banjoman002

Thanks ...that's a good idea to replace that line, it looks a bit grungy. I ordered a ball lock keg and the adapters for the Sanke fitting so I should be all set to go.

So my yard sailing wife surprised me with a kegerator for which she payed $75 bucks!!...complete with co2 tank, regulator and keg connector...me being a bottler, I've got no experience with these things so I'm including a pic and hoping y'all can tell me what type of keg I need to get...

I went out to Jetco today (They did my blocks) http://www.jetco-usa.com/ They quoted $80.00. If you want to send me your blocks and bucks I'll get them out there and ship them back at ya when they're finished.:mug: Rich

I'd be more than happy to do that, though I'm a bit far from you (Washington State) I'll go out tomorrow and get you a quote. Rich

I was thinking you could send me the blocks and I'd have the shop that did mine do it, but then it occurred to me they'd need to take measurements off your fermenter..they could use mine but I'd have to take all the stuff off of it and having just got it all on that does not appeal to me, :)...

Ambient temp was approx 68 F Fermenter is insulated Using TEC1-12709 Peltiers, 9 amp....bigger ones probably would work better but then would have to size up fans and power supply. True story on the heat of fermentation. Hopefully this unit will give me what I want and that is to nudge the...

Ran tests yesterday. Starting with 85 F water it took 4 hours to cool to 67 F. I raised the temp up to 71 F with fermwrap heater (took about 40 min), turned on cooling again and 7 hours later I terminated the test at 60 F. Don't think I'll be lagering but at least It will give me some...

Wow, that sucks...I thought it was bad when only one shop refused me and the other charged me 80 bucks,:)...keep trying.

Here's mine all done and mounted on lift cart. Rich

Got my aluminum cold blocks milled...cost me 80 bucks...thought that was a bit much but at least it's done. I'm using 9 amp Peltiers and an old Dell PSU. Got it all hooked up and with the cold blocks laying on a rubber mat with temp sensor inserted in the curvature (not touching metal) temp...

Diagram didn't come thru but that sounds like a great idea, I've already got a fermwrap I'm using for heating so I'm sticking pretty much to the original document...I also have a Ranco controller to plug everything into. Going out today to see if I can find a shop with CNC machine to mill my...

Yep, Gonna use thermal grease on both sides of the Peltier. Encountered another problem due to poor planning (mine)... my aluminum heat sinks are 4 inches wide and the screw holes on the computer fans I got are 4 inches apart...oops. Thinking of epoxying on "ears" for the screws to go into...

OK, other than the charactor on "Parks and Rec" who's Ron Swanson?

Got all the parts...just waiting until beer's out of the conical. Will post pic's of the build. One thing I've learned already...don't put power to a Peltier cooler to test it unless the hot side is on a heat sink. New one on order.

Anybody ever build this? http://conical-fermenter.com/wp-content/uploads/TemperatureControlledBuildSetup-download.pdf Looks interesting but not sure I want to tackle it. Rich