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It appears that the recipator website is down again. Does anyone know anything about its upkeep? I'm a big fan of using it as it's web-based and not OS dependent. The kicker is that it saves my recipes as HTML. I have a touch-panel PC in my brewery that runs WindowsXP Embedded and has...

Is anyone in Central Texas interested in giving a new home to my old brewery frame? I'm asking for $150 to cover most the material cost that I have in it, but I want to get it out of the garage...so I'm willing to entertain offers if it goes to a good home. I've posted it to a local email list...

I've gotten lots and lots of inspiration from this forum, so I figured that it was about time for me to post some of the shots and details about my new brewery. First of all, I need to say that I work for a really cool company, National Instruments. I'll get to that in a few seconds though...

I'm cleaning up my control box a little, and I figure that I should do it right. Anyone have links for a water-proof or at least weather-proof potentiometer? I use two knobs on my front panel for setting my HLT temp and my boil kettle PWM duty cycle.

A local brewery had a batch of black ale that they didn't get good efficiency on, so they decided to pitch it with brett. They couldn't sell it under their normal label, so they decided to put it on tap in the tasting room and give the rest away to local brewers. Basically, you showed up with...

I know that it's probably a subject that has been discussed and beaten to death, but I've spent the last 2 hours reading long threads about PWM, and I haven't really seen anyone who answered what I'm looking for. From all of the discussion, it looks like people who are making their own PWM...

I've recently gone through a bunch of upgrades to my system, and last weekend was the first time for me to use an immersion chiller and a pump to whirlpool. A few minutes before flame out I opened up the valve on my boil kettle and started trying to recirculate, but I had a ton of trouble...

So I purchased some 1/2" stainless compression fittings from a guy on eBay who was suggested in another thread. I got them though, and the cap part (piece that clamps down and creates the compression with the fitting, pipe and ferule...not sure sure of the right word for it) is dark and not the...

I'm thinking about mounting a heat exchanger coil in my boil kettle. I know that's not very unusual, but I'm wondering about how people clean them. I typically have to do a little scrubbing at the end of the brew day to get my boil kettle clean. Will I have to scrub the entire IC? Will I...

I'm having my AC condenser (outside part) replaced tomorrow, so basically a heat exchanger and a fan. Is there anything I should save out of the old one that would be helpful for my brewing system? Pump? Fan motor? Heat exchanger coils?

A few months ago someone was posting about a website they were putting together to track and categorize as many of the homebrew systems out there as possible. I've searched high and low for a link to it, and I'm drawing a blank. Can anyone help me out?

This topic came up in a thread that I was asking about the best way to automate the stirring of an HLT. Specifically I was asking about paddles and planning on using a cheap harbor freight drill or the guts of an old cordless drill. Each had their own problems, but someone suggested that I use...

I have an electric HLT with a 4500W 220V heating element. The element is installed in the side of a keggle about 6" off the bottom. The first time I used it I was really surprised about how well the water separated into layers. Natural convection above the element kept everything really well...

Ok, there a lot of threads on this topic with a lot of posts in each. I'm looking for a concise answer on this instead of wading through hundreds of pages about why it's scary that someone's electrician said that a GFCI wouldn't work on a 240V circuit that doesn't have a neutral line. I want...

I'm in the process of designing and building a 2-tier system with a single pump, but I'm stumped about the best way to do the flow control and priming. I like the idea of using a 3-way valve like this "any direction" one from McMaster: http://www.mcmaster.com/#ball-valves/=8g1m74 However...