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I use a stc-1000 to control a chest freezer as my fermentation chamber and I have a brew belt wired in as a heating element. I've got it set so that it doesn't deviate more than .3 deg C from my set temperature. It works quite well. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

This is what I got back from Nick at Blichmann. "We plan to discontinue the G1 design. We have a few kettles left for purchase in our facility and some of our larger retailers still have our kettles in stock. They have been instructed to sell these at a discount to make room for new G2...

Well for one they lock into place which means they are less likely to be accidentally disconnected you know because of shenanigans Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I used a l14-30 for my brewery. I much prefer the added safety of the locking type connectors Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I wouldn't recommend using the switchcraft or the neutrik for this application. They are rated for speaker voltages and not intended for ac power. PowerCon connectors are designed and rated for AC applications. Both the SpeaKon and powerCon type connectors only carry an IP rating of IP20 and...

I've used my chamber for a few brews now and have not had any issues with the beers being skunked. Those reptile bulbs are infrared and don't put out UVA or UVB spectrums, which would be responsible for skunking.

I was thinking about brewing up an Imperial Milk Stout this weekend and I wanted to get some thoughts on the recipe I came up with using BeerAlchemy. Size: 5.5 Gallons at pitching OG: 1.108 FG: 1.032 ABV: 10.2% IBU: 37.5 Color: 45.5 SRM Ingredients: 14 lbs Light LME 1 lbs...

If brown is the hot wire for the compressor then you would be correct. Just make sure you wire the neutral wires together and don't forget the green wire for your ground.

Here is my build. I used Neutrik PowerCon connectors for it because I had a few of them lying around and I like serviceable locking connectors.

I finished the the controller Monday night and everything is working great. Holding temp steadily and it didn't take much calibrating to match the probe, which is submerged in water in a white labs vial, to the temp of the fermenting wort.

I finished running the power to a new quad outlet on the other side of the cellar, where the workbench and chamber are located. So I was able to test each side of the chamber just to make sure my wiring worked and nothing was going to catch fire. Thankfully everything is wired correctly and the...

Through some trial and error I hope to use the calibration function, which goes +-10*C, on the stc1000 to compensate for the smaller thermal mass of the yeast vial than carboys of fermenting beer. If that doesn't work then maybe thermowells will be necessary.

Yes of course! How could I have forgotten ;)

Yesterday I had to work so I wasn't able to get much done on this project. So today I went at it hard and managed to get it 98% done. Here the racks, refrigerator unit, fan and light socket for the heat lamp are installed and ready for the lid to get screwed on. The evaporator coil, socket...

It's on it's back in that picture. I do have a can of great stuff that I'm going to spray into the empty crevices. I'm hopefully going to have this thing up and running by Tuesday.

I haven't costed this project out yet and part of me doesn't want to. Haha. Buying a Craigslist freezer would probably have been cheaper but the issue is the doorway and stairs down to the cellar are narrow and I wouldn't have been able to get one down there. I enjoy building things and up till...

Got everything mocked up and painted Test fitted the insulation panels before disassembling the whole thing in order to move it into my cellar Reassembled in the cellar and glued the back, sides and floor insulation in place Tomorrow I hope to get the doors painted and the rest of the...

Here is some of yesterday's progress. I got the front test fitted and the doors cut out. I discovered that the racks I bought aren't exactly 24" wide so once the insulation goes in there will be about 1.5" gap between them. So in the future if I ever want to make this a two chamber build...

Not yet. I'm going to be building one this week. It's one of a couple projects I'm tackling this week.

Thanks. Yeah I do have some priorities in mind. I want to focus on yeast health and fermentation. So that my outcomes are consistent