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We have noticed a slump in our homebrew membership. Our remaining members are average age of mid 50's. We have non-brewing members but our ranks are shrinking. Are any other clubs have experiencing this? Has craft beer become so accessible that homebrewing is "no longer needed"? Have...

I have attached a working diagram of my control box. Everything works. I have made 6 batches with it. I am just fine tuning things. I am trying to control my boil rate a little better. To have it simmer rather than a vigorous roll. I have adjusted the duty cycle on the PID to 55%, manually...

I was initially going to build a RIMS brewer but changed to a HERMS. I built this and never used it. It will accept a standard heating element. The inlet and outlet are 1/2" copper pipe. It is 21" long (outlet), 15" long (inlet). $40 includes USPS shipping.

I have built my control box....and have found a small issue. I have a 30a system with 2 4500W elements (HERMS). Only 1 element will be on at any given. I have a PID (SYL2352) for each of the HLT and the BOIL. I have one SSR and now realize that I can not wire 2 PIDs to one SSR. I have no...

I am wiring my HERMES control box. I have a 4 wire cord coming into the box, split into 4 Terminal Blocks. I have nothing happening. I test continuity of all the terminal blocks and only one has it the other three only have it screw to screw. Basically the one that is working, the ground, is...

Have a question about the enclosure. I am currently building my control box and have a enclosure with no inner panel. Is that panel metal or fiberglass? I have a good sense of humor if this is a dumb question...

Asking question...not looking for attacks. The cost of safety is priceless...but here is a question. A 30A 240V GFCI Breaker is roughly $120. A 50amp spa box is $69 at Home Depot. If i were to run a 30A 2 pole breaker (Non-GFCI) in my Electrical panel, feeding a 10/3 line connected to a...

Have read all the forums and found a few that were adaptable (maybe/not). Here is what I have: Source Main Panel: 30a, 240v, GFCI feeding a 10/3 + ground wire to a 30a, 240v Pass&Seymour locking outlet. Control Box Components: Buzzer, 120/240, FLBuz Switch, 3 position, 2 NO, SW3 (Power to...

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Can I successfully use my RIMS heater, with proper plumbing, to heat my HLT, MLT and BT with one pump?