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So I have my controller for my Brutus 20 all wired up but I am getting no power to the outlet. The LED on my SSR lights up so it must be getting power but when I test with a multimeter I get no read at all from SSR outlet of the PID. Has anyone else run into something like this?

So I have a new false bottom in the mail to go into a 6 gallon SS pot as a mash tun and I just realized I have no way of connecting that hose barb to the inlet hose barb on the valve. How is everyone else connecting these, high temp silicone hose?

So I have the mash tun and pump in the mail for my indoor Brutus 20 system and am ready to order up a bunch of fittings from bargain fittings but can't quite decide whether or not to go with their cam locks. I was thinking of just using a friction fitting for the hose connections but then got to...

So I am 4 batches in using my e-kettle and my element has a pretty nice layer of blackened crud on it. I clean it off every time with some dish soap and an abrasive pad but I have yet to really dig into it and try to peal all of the blackened bits off. Does everyone else clean their element...

Si I just brewed my first beer using my recently converted e-kettle. When I was done I did a quick PBW soak to clean everything up. While soaking I notice a couple of small white spots forming on the element so I quickly dumped and rinsed the PBW. There are now a half dozen small black spots on...

I normally brew 2.5 - 3 gallons and still keg in 5 gallon kegs. I was thinking of trying to carbonate with dextrose when I rack into to the keg but I was thinking the extra head space might not work quite right. Has anyone else tried this with any success?

I was about to order all of the fitting for a 2.5 gallon system and then I got to thinking about using TriClovers instead of weldless fittings. I plan to eventually build a larger system too so I really like the option of transferring a good chunk of the hardware back and forth. Anyone tried...

I am ready to order the pots for a small 2.5 gallon Brutus 20 I am planning to build I am trying to figure out the falso bottom portion. I already know I want to go with the false bottom as opposed to the SS hose braid. I think I am going to just use a generic 5-6 gallon SS pot for the mash tun...

So I have most of the parts spec'd out for a small countertop brutus 20 (many thanks to all of the great write ups on here of similar set ups) and I am trying to decide what kind of filter for the mash tun. I have been using a SS hose braid for batch sparging but I am thinking that anytime you...

Anyone have any feedback on this kettle http://www.homebrewstuff.com/servlet/the-284/8-gallon-32-qt/Detail? I am going to be setting up a 5 gallon all electric system and this is pretty tempting. A couple fewer holes I will need to drill and not a horrible price......

I am trying to get all of the parts together for an all electric system and I am just trying to figure out how many gallons I can boil with a single 5500 watt 240 V element. I just have a single 30 amp circuit available so much bigger is out of the question but I am trying to decide between...

So I am looking at brewing a series of Belgians and I think I need to get my fermentation temperature under control prior to really getting them right. I was thinking of building something similar to the son fermentation chiller with a heating unit but I thought I would see if anyone has done...

Anyone have link to the son of fermentation cooler plans? I tried searching and all of the links I was able to find don't work, I think they might have been old.

So I would like to bottle tonight but I only have table sugar. Do you think I would be safe using the same amount of table sugar as I would corn sugar to bottle?

So even though I have only had my Oster kegerator for 5 months I already want to move on to more taps. I am thinking about getting the Whirlppol 8.9 cu ft. chest freezer and converting. I would really like to get rid of the plain white and was thinking I could put some vinyl tiles on the side to...