Recent content by wilfonzo

Here is the new big dog in the pepper world The Carolina Reaper AKA HP22B I have some germinating now and am building a hydroponic system for them. Can't wait to try your recipe with these suckers. additional link

Just got an idea for a seagrape hefe. I always wondered if brazillian peppers could be used for anything besides killing mangroves... very interesting.

I should be there tomorrow sometime also. I'll have to check out the booth.

I wish they had a better description on the glaciertanks tube. Ok, it says "Element end fitting is threaded with 1” NPS threads to match almost every water heater element available at any home improvement center." So.. the "element end fitting" is the NPS adapter, which doesn't come with...

Awesome, I can't wait to try this as soon as my new rig is done. I better start hunting down some of those hops now.

My cascades are starting to sprout already. The harvest wasn't all that great last year (first year) hoping for better this year.

UPDATE: e-stop started working for some reason. The transformers came in and the 12v pumps are wired and working well... More pics to come.

Well, now that it is wired correctly everything works fine except one of the sensors is off by 10*F EDIT: That problem is fixed. New Problem: The e-stop is not tripping the 15a GFCI. When I test with the continuity tester reads nothing until I hit the button and it goes to 1997

Fixed!

I see the problem. I had the contactor wired incorrectly. Now my question is how do I wire it correctly. I have the contactor from ebrewsupply I guess I wasn't paying attention when I hooked it up and realized that those side tabs are connected. I had the pos & neutral connected to one tab.

I have a momentary, non-locking e-stop, and according to the continuity test it is working fine. I started working backwards and have pinpointed it to the contactor / SSR. Here is a quick sketch on how it is wired.

I was using a 10a power cord to test it, but its not running anything so it should only be drawing minimal amperage, correct? The breaker is 20amp with nothing else running on the circuit. I also tried a few different circuits, all the same result.

The heatsink wasn't on when I took that picture Nothing showing and the E-stop appears to be properly working.

I don't have an element plugged in so it should be drawing minimal amps.

Well, I thought I just finished. I plugged it in and everything worked for a few moments, then it blew the breaker. Now every time i plug it in the breaker blows right away. None of the fuses blew. What could it possibly be?