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Does anyone have experience with the Frigidaire EFRF7003 7.0 cu. ft.? Robot or human?

Definitely appreciate the feedback. The more I'm reading and researching, the more I'm leaning that way.

So, for those of you who know and own one or both of these two, which pH meter would you recommend and why over the other? Apera Instruments PH60 Milwaukee Instruments MW102

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I was hoping the grapefruit juice would be enough with the table sugar. There didn’t seem to be much guidance on how much sugar to add. What I read basically said, “it does better with more sugar”, but no actual percentages. Do you typically use corn sugar or table sugar?

Yes, I think I’m solidly into the alcohol production phase. It’s now dropped 10 points in the last 10 hours. Think I’m beyond possibly fixing it if that was at all possible. I’ll give it a taste later today and see what it’s like. Hopefully the less sweetness will make the sourness more pronounced.

Thanks for the reply. I think my biggest concern is the lack of sourness and not so much the gravity. I can always pitch something else to finish it off. Not sure what to do to get the pH down.

I'm on day 4 of my grapefruit gose and I am concerned. The fermentation is really slow, like it's only dropped two points today. I took a sample to see how sour it is as I am noticing airlock activity and the gravity has dropped about 10 points in total, so I assumed the souring phase had...

No worries. I tried one other program (can’t recall the name off the top of my head) and it took me longer and frustrated me way more than paint. If you do find something good (and maybe free) I’m interested to try it.

As mentioned in the first post, I use MS Paint. Sure, it’s clunky and basic and it’s a little bit of work to get the connection lines mapped out, but I think I can get a pretty decent diagram done with it. I’m sure there’s probably a lot of better programs to do this, but I’m super familiar with...

@Bobby_M, I think you and I are on similar wavelengths. I'm thinking about combining the functionality of breaking the connection with the contactor coil and controlling the SSR's DC control circuit from the same switch simultaneously by adding two additional switch blocks as per this diagram.

@Bobby_M, thank you for such a thoroughly thought out response. Definitely wasn't expecting this level of investment on your part, but I suspect it's similar to what I do when something's bugging me and I want to figure out the best solution even if it's not my problem. Either way, I'm beyond...

Based on the advice given, this is what I feel fits the suggested modifications. Please feel free to let me know if anything looks weird.

@doug293cz, yes, in the diagram I have the neutrals, as well as one of the hots, switched on the main power switch as it is an illuminated DPST switch. Is this an issue switching the neutral along with the hot on a double pole switch? If I do not connect the neutral, it does not light up. I...

@Bobby_M, thanks for that insight on contactor placement; I really hadn't thought of needing to be able to use the rest of the panel with the power completely cut to the element. Really good advice. With regard to the float switch situation, I have it set up to either use the float or not...