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  1. ryanhope

    My heating element rusts and I don't care.

    Rub a little olive oil on the non stainless parts of the element and that should prevent any oxidation.
  2. ryanhope

    30 Amp Homer Box, 3 PID, 2 Element

    There are a lot of answers to your question: 1) This was really just a temporary solution to test 1 PID but since I don't know what I want to use for my final enclosure yet I added more components to make it usable while I ponder my many options. 2) I haven't brewed in a year, been siting on a...
  3. ryanhope

    30 Amp Homer Box, 3 PID, 2 Element

    What you linked to looks like exactly what I have. Works great. EDIT: Amazon history stays that exactly what I have.
  4. ryanhope

    Mystery PID/SSR issue

    There is a 1" hole on the side of the box where I was going to mount a much smaller fan.
  5. ryanhope

    30 Amp Homer Box, 3 PID, 2 Element

    Something cheap I found on eBay back when I was looking for STC1000s.
  6. ryanhope

    30 Amp Homer Box, 3 PID, 2 Element

    Added a 6" 12v fan over the SSR. https://youtu.be/ayQdiZ9V1W4
  7. ryanhope

    Mystery PID/SSR issue

    Hopefully this is enough air flow ;)
  8. ryanhope

    Pump and chill plate mounts

    Yeah see you have 2 tiers of horizontal bracing below your main surface. I have nothing like that. I love the strut builds I've seen but this table that I have was free.
  9. ryanhope

    Pump and chill plate mounts

    If I understand what these clamps do, I think I could use 2 clamps to mount a horizontal strut bar between two legs of the table and mount everything to the strut.
  10. ryanhope

    Pump and chill plate mounts

    I dont have a special structure, just a really sturdy table. I have to either mount to the legs or build something that suspends the equipment from the middle. I need to get things off the floor so its easier to catch drips when swapping hoses and cleaning.
  11. ryanhope

    Pump and chill plate mounts

    I am looking for ideas for how to mount my pumps and chill plate to my brew table. Show me pics of your DIY pump/chiller mounts... please :D
  12. ryanhope

    Mystery PID/SSR issue

    Both of them or just the ****ty one on the left?
  13. ryanhope

    Mystery PID/SSR issue

    Out with the old, in with the new.
  14. ryanhope

    Mystery PID/SSR issue

    Yeah its one of those amazon specials, and the bundled heat sink. I did put thermal grease on it.
  15. ryanhope

    Mystery PID/SSR issue

    This weekend I tested out my brew panel and did my first 100% electric brews. During the first brew I noticed an issue which I thought was related to having not done an autotune on the PID. I noticed that the boil kettle element light on my panel was pegged on even though the PID output light...
  16. ryanhope

    30 Amp Homer Box, 3 PID, 2 Element

    Last night I did my first 100% electric brew. The Homer box help up nice, no issues what so ever. Did a variant of Dennys Wry and ended up hitting 90‰ efficiency.
  17. ryanhope

    Anyone used one of these Hot Pods?

    One of mine must be an early batch and only had 4 tack welds and looked sketchy from day. A friend more recently bought 2 and his both have varying quantity of welds. They do look better than my first one. However the most recent one I ordered seems to be somewhere between the two sets in...
  18. ryanhope

    Anyone used one of these Hot Pods?

    I have 2 of them for my setup. They are the nicest designed element pods out there. With that said. Its pretty tight to work in there and if you have too much slack wire there is a potential for the ground nut/screw to scrape into the some wires and cause a short. I found this on one of my...
  19. ryanhope

    30 Amp Homer Box, 3 PID, 2 Element

    If you notice, I already have 3amp 12v power supply in there to do things like power 12v computer fans ;)
  20. ryanhope

    30 Amp Homer Box, 3 PID, 2 Element

    Good point about the temps. I never planned on running this completely closed. I forgot to mention that I have a fan that I am planing on mounting on the side of the box next to the SSR.
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