Recent content by John_FL

Hey, I was able to rouse my yeast. Rose the fermentation temp. up to 71 degrees and shook. My Gravity is now at 1.015. Checked it this morning. Not sure if it is stable yet. So I guess I had good success.

Great seller. Better beer. If he has some left buy them.

You hit it on the head with your compressor cycling. We are talking about gallons and gallons of liquid. It isn't changing temp the second a heater or compressor kicks on. And more importantly it is holding a constant temperature. The point of having the thermowell is to limit the duty cycle on...

My probe was well insulated mounted opposite the heat oddly enough. I do think the wort was likely at a constant temperature. It has to be, to much thermal mass to fluctuate rapidly. But the key take away from my graph is how much less my heating and cooling elements had to run. Additionally...

Interesting. I didn't realize the room temperature sensor was ignored in Elko's algorithm. I was thinking about installing one because my BrewPi actually lives outdoors with large day/night fluctuations (Colorado). I was going to hook up a room (for me world) temperature sensor assuming it would...

I would also be interested in that data. If I can figure out a way to record it with my setup I'll give it a shot with a beer that isn't too sensitive to temperature. But regardless of the stability of the beer temp., one thing that is immediately clear with this data is reduce duty cycle on my...

Here is a hard data proving why one should use a thermowell vs. taping to the side of a keg. Keep in mind I had my probe insulated while taped as well (bubble wrap, lots of it). I installed the thermowell during this recorded data. It should be pretty clear when it was installed.

Oh awesome thanks man! I am on mobile so exploring the options was tough. I think 18 might cut it, but ill definitely shoot him an email, I think 24 would be perfect.

Yes I was thinking the same. It looks like a decent solution if only it were longer.

Hello, I've been scouring the internet assuming somebody had done this before, but can't find any straightforward plans. I ferment in 10 gallon corny kegs. Currently I tape my temperature probe to the outside of my keg, covered with bubble wrap. This has still provided for large temp swings and...

I just had nearly the exact same scenario but with WLP007, which I think is similar to if not the same as 1098. I also have a similar grain bill to yours but with lower hops. My batch stalled at 1.03 after 30 days. It was actually a split 10 gallon batch in two fermenters both of which stalled...

Edit: Deleted accidental double post. Stupid iPhone. Sorry for the clutter.

Bummer. I kind of figured that was the case. But thanks a ton for providing the schematic! Looks like I'll go that route as well. Thanks again.

So I've been chasing another problem, I wanted to add an LCD to my build. Before I fully knew what all went into the BrewPi I ordered the Sainsmart LCD with an I2C header attached. I've seen on this thread and elsewhere various people attempting to hack this into the code using the LiquidCrystal...

I've been lurking on the forums for a few years being rather lazy. I was recently trying to decide what to do with a RaspberryPi I was given and stumbled across this thread. I've created my own build basically duplicating what you wonderful folks have laid out. Thanks for everyone's...