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I found a cool article today on making a bottle sized refrigerator that is powered with a USB cord. Not the most practical contraption but it is interesting. http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/peripherals/how-to-make-a-usb-mini-fridge-671278

This is my first attempt at making labels. I never keep beer bottles around long enough for it to be worth while to label them but I figure since I will give some of this mead away to friends having lables would be a nice touch. I have the artistic abilities of a newborn. So please be nice...

Wile searching for parts for various projects, I found this on Sparkfun's website. Basically, he developed a way to report a keg's status every time someone takes a pull. Kinda cool

Getting ready to make my first fruit mead. I have 5 gals that have been fermenting for a week and in a few days I plan to divide and rack onto fruit. I know fruits like blackberries and cherries should be frozen and thawed prior to adding, but what about apples and oranges? Seems like I...

For those of you who have implemented your own PID, how did you tune the parameters? Manual or something like Ziegler-Nicols?

Getting ready to start my first "real" batch of mead (I have a few JAOM under my belt) and I need help deciding what type of honey to use. I am planning on fermenting a 5-gallon batch using wyeast's dry mead and then splitting it into 5 1-gallon batches and back sweetening 4 with different...

Hello everyone, I am in the market for a pair of 40 amp relays with heat sinks. I know the one's are aubirns are popular around here but does anyone using another brand? I see a lot of these on E-bay for about $20 (w/ heat sink) but I question their quality.

Currently, I am prototyping my PID software for what will (hopefully) become part of my electric rig controls and found something odd. I have three temperature reading devices and all three are registering a different temp: A digital aquarium thermometer: 76.3 A digital cooking thermometer...

OK, so I realize this is a bit of a subjective question but I would like some input none-the-less. I am the the beginning stages on constructing an electric keggle with the goal of doing indoor BIAB in my kitchen. After browsing this site for a few weeks I came across some posts in which...

Has anyone ever considered using a grill grate as a false bottom? I plan on doing some BIAB and am trying to figure out a way to keep my bag away from the heat source. Something like this maybe for a sank keg? Would something like this be safe to boil?

I am beginning work on a DIY controller for what I hope to turn into an electric keggle for BIAB. My current plan is to use an Arduino board for the base and build a custom java interface so I can run everything on a laptop. I figure hook the heating element up to a simple SSR and just have...

Hello everyone, 1st post on the forum, although I have been poking around for quite a while, and hope to be around a while. Working on my first keggle and have two questions. 1) Has anyone found a way to attach a hotwater heating element to a keg without welding? A 1" NPT SS nut...