Recent content by dipole

so everything worked great for months until i had to physically move the unit, not it's just idling and not cooling at all. Fridge setpoint is 40F, but the temp inside is around 76F meaning it's not cooling. Brewpi doesn't say "cooling", it's stuck on idling for the past 17hours. Anyone know...

I managed to get a "widget" to appear on my android with BrewPi data. I am sure there is a much easier way but it works for now. To get it to work had to do the following. added this to crontab $crontab -e This puts data into a txt file every 5 minutes which I then use tasker on android to...

I've read up on the usual, hopspider, Trub/Hop Filter from BrewersHardware, baskets etc, and while those threads usually start off with great results and excitement, they usually end up in the //not working as well as expected category. I have the Trub/Hop Filter from BrewersHardware and it...

So I'm brewing my first lager, and I made a starter on Friday with the intention of brewing on Sunday and pitching on Monday My plan Friday 5pm - pitched 1 smack pack of yeast to 3L starter, placed on stir plate Sunday ~6pm finish batch and place in fridge to begin cooling to 47F Sunday -8 pm -...

So i currently have a blichmann floor burner mounted in my brew stand along with a BG-14. These are fed from a single tank. I have been thinking about moving to automation for the past 2 years but end up more confused each time I start down the rabbit hole. Most of the the threads I've read are...

Resurrecting this, did anyone ever figure out what oriface to use with a blichmann floor burner? Did the brewers hardware one work? I too have emailed them but no response.

Thanks, that's the exact kit I was looking at and this helped.I also like the idea of smaller elements, for some reason I didn't think of that and losing a couple minutes due to smaller elements is not a problem at all. I also like the idea of adding some push button functionality though I'm not...

I don't ever see myself doing back to back brews, kids and a wife pretty much rule that out. As far as running 2 elements, the only time I would see me doing that is right after vorlaufing and getting the boil going, though I batch sparge so it's not that big of a deal to wait until after I have...

I have wired up a spa panel running 240v 30amp from the dryer outlet. I am ready to start work on a control panel. I am seriously leaning toward getting a kit, or even having them (whoever them ends up being) building it for me. I am 30 amp right now, but will be 50 amp in ~3 years which is...

I would but it's a bottom drain keggle and I can't direct fire it

Yep. Right now I just adjust my water/grain ratio up to around 1.7 to account for it. It seems to work but I wish there was just an option to edit the mash/sparge volumes directly.

To resurrect an old thread rather than start a new one, just curious if a control module would work ok for a HERMS system? I just installed a coil on my HLT last week and was going to do electric HERMS but the quote by my electrician to run 240v service to the brew area has me looking at this...

Does the boiling increase the effectiveness of the PBW? I usually don't heat mine, just run it through the therminator for about 10 minutes.

No, it's not that simple, I have a gallon and recover all of it. It makes the strike temps and grain ratio screwy.

Bobby, I thought this was the best way to go about it, thanks for confirming.