Recent content by PapaFoxtrot

I had trouble finding 22ga stranded wire locally and ordered this from Amazon.

I'm in for 3.

@Bigdaddyale - tried to reply to your PM, but it wouldn't go through.

Unbelievable... Fully five months after ordering them(and two months after getting a refund), my boards show up today from DirtyPCBs. I'm not even sure what I'm going to do with them now. I had decided to move on to Fermentrack, but now I've got these boards along with a 4x20 display and an...

None of the telephone cable that I could find locally was stranded, so I bought a roll of this.

I've ordered tons of stuff from China and Hong Kong over the years, and this is the first time that I've had any issues. Wasn't meant to be...

I'm sure that's part of it, but I just decided to cut my losses on that order and try again later. DPCBs told me on Jan. 21 when they agreed to redo the order, that it wouldn't be run until after Feb. 5. More than two weeks after Feb. 5 and nothing but crickets, so time to move on.

Well, one month after the reorder to replace my boards that were lost by HK Post was entered - there's no sign that the order was processed. So, three months after I first ordered the boards, I figure this one is snakebit and I requested a refund. We'll see how that goes. I'll sit back a bit...

I picked up a True GDM-7 a couple years back to use for a fermentation chamber. Looks similar to this one(picture belongs to the thread linked below): Started getting serious about the project a couple weeks back. Plan is to use an Inkbird ITC-1000 to begin with and then convert to a...

Well, after waiting more than two months for my boards from Dirty PCBs - it appears that they are well and truly lost by HK Post. DPCBs has volunteered to replace the order, however that will have to wait until they get over their Spring Festival hangover - around February 5th. If you order...

That one has two separate channels.

Short answer is because I can. That's why I have a refractometer. I check pre-boil gravity and then again a few minutes before flame out to be sure I'm on target. After cooling, I take a hydro sample.

Never had a problem with them melting.

Mine came with a disposable pipette - so I bought a box of them off Amazon. Prob'ly a lifetime supply.

Yep. A single drop of wort cools quickly on the prism. If you look quick, you can see the reading change as it cools. To me, the refractometer is to be sure I'm in the ballpark pre-boil. I depend on the hydrometer for true OG reading.