Show us your panel

^^^^^ totally awesome.....i love the paint job and then how neat and tidy it is inside the panel. Great job

Brickout said:

Just finished wiring and painting this.

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Nice paint job, looks realistic

Brickout said:

Just finished wiring and painting this.

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Very nice, how did you paint it?

cfrazier77 said:

Very nice, how did you paint it?

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I just did the write up here in my build thread.

ryane said:

looks good, I like the box, you could mount that to the rig

curious how the inside looks though, what were you able to cram into there?

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That's another story, it will be real tight!!! I plan on starting that next week, i add some updated photos. Here is the rig it will mount too.

Here is my humble panel.




120V 2000W, I have to give a big thanks to stlbeer for helping me get it done right. And, it works!

just finished up a couple weeks ago myself, I did a couple things differently than most Ive seen

1 - the timer kills power to boil element if that is set on one of the switches
2 - the gfci breaker is in the control box

ryane said:

just finished up a couple weeks ago myself, I did a couple things differently than most Ive seen

1 - the timer kills power to boil element if that is set on one of the switches
2 - the gfci breaker is in the control box

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What kind of PIDs are those?

spare fuses taped to the inside of the control panel door. you, sir, are my hero

johnp said:

I'm going to need to know where you got that case.

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Www.automationdirect.com

It is called a Control consolet

http://www.automationdirect.com/adc...onsoles_-a-_Consolets/WC-C_Operator_Consolets

cfrazier77 said:

What kind of PIDs are those?

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Yah kinda tough to see in the pic, for whatever reason it uploaded kinda lousy

Anyway, the PID's are Watlows

Interesting to see how control panels have changed over the last 4-5 years.

I started the same thread back in 2008 right here:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/show-us-your-control-panel-95301/

If you want a blast from the past, took a look at some of those panels.

Kal

in that thread, kal thanked everyone for their inspiration in his "new" panel. now he's the defacto standard for panels. funny!

slakwhere said:

spare fuses taped to the inside of the control panel door. you, sir, are my hero

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Ha, I thought it never hurts to be prepared, eventually Id like to have a small pocket for them, but haven't really looked hard enough for something yet

My less than exciting panel.

Here's mine. Everything is tuned up and running!

Bad news
your lit up logo on the control panel is way cool looking. What technology is that and where did you get it made?

It uses a combination of lasers, holographic panels, and virtual reality.

Wait. No. It was actually much easier than that, and I made it all myself. Here's the basic write-up.

I can answer any questions you have on that thread, to keep from stalling this one.

BadNews...is that black keggle painted? It looks too shiney to be one of the rubber coated ones. I would love shiny black keggles to match my black brewstand!

Yes indeed - a few coats of black BBQ paint. Didn't have the patience for polishing. PM me for some lessons learned.

Here is my panel, I am better at engineering than I am at taking pictures:


And the inside, some wires need to be straightened out once development is done:


Details and build progress are here.

Hardware build is 95% complete, just software remaining.

TheFlyingBeer said:

Here is my panel, I am better at engineering than I am at taking pictures:

And the inside, some wires need to be straightened out once development is done:

Details and build progress are here.

Hardware build is 95% complete, just software remaining.

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I may never see anything more amazing in my entire life...

You, sir, are impressive! :rockin:

Newly revamped panel for indoor brewing. PLC based using a Siemens S7-200 controller with DC input/output, 4-channel t/c, and 2-channel RTD modules, along with OP7 HMI. Also features Omega water meter for accurate filling and two 240VAC and two 120VAC receptacles controlled by SSRs for heating elements & heatsticks.

Very cool builds on this thread.

at3brew9 said:

Also features Omega water meter for accurate filling...

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Do you have a link to more information on this and how you tied it all in?

Here's my simple PWM control panel:

-TH- said:

Here's my simple PWM control panel:

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Very clean, looks awesome with the custom decals!

-TH- said:

Here's my simple PWM control panel:

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Looks great, although I would have gone with a PWM that went up to 11.

Very cool...ditto on "going to 11"

BadNewsBrewery said:

Do you have a link to more information on this and how you tied it all in?

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Bought the 1/2" pulse meter several years ago from Omega (they've gone up a lot since then):
http://www.omega.com/pptst/FTB4600.html

Paired it with a 1/2" solenoid valve from ebay. Wired the signal input to the PLC and used it to drive a counter. The meter gives 151.4 pulses/gallon--just enter the # of gallons desired, calculate how many pulses that is, set the counter and turn on the solenoid valve. Turns off automatically when count is reached. I usually have it do a 1/2 gallon priming fill or so when the filter is dry. After that, it's pretty accurate--just hook up a hose with a U-shaped wand that I can hang over the side of the HLT or MLT and filling is a breeze.

Really any counter would work (Omega sells one)--you'd just have to do the math yourself to set the counter preset. I used to use an Allen-Bradley smart relay (Pico) for that purpose and other controls on my previous system.

jeffmeh said:

Looks great, although I would have gone with a PWM that went up to 11.

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Brilliant! How did I not think of that.

at3brew9 said:

Newly revamped panel for indoor brewing. PLC based using a Siemens S7-200 controller with DC input/output, 4-channel t/c, and 2-channel RTD modules, along with OP7 HMI. Also features Omega water meter for accurate filling and two 240VAC and two 120VAC receptacles controlled by SSRs for heating elements & heatsticks.

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I have no idea what you just said, but looks impressive.

I'm sure most of you have seen Kal's design... I built the 50 Amp Back to Back panel. Waterjet cut the panel door openings. Spent about two weeks in the evenings after work wiring it all up... one circuit at a time! Built in a 16x20 enclosure.

Brickout said:

Just finished wiring and painting this.

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That is amazing.
I was thinking about wrapping my panel with a vinyl but pain is great!

I think my next panel will look very steampunk. Have analog meters to measure power output and temp with a bcs brain. I have a single project I keep thinking about that it might work perfect for.

Broham1 said:

This is my plan for my eHLT/BIAB setup, taken from Auber's website. Has the layout I want, except I'll be adding an e-stop. I'm expecting to make control panel purchases over the next two paydays.

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WOW this looks exactly like what I want to build. Are there plans and part list anywhere? I tried to search Aubers site for a description of this build but didn't find anything.

Is there anyone out there that has used a large microwaveable Tupperware container as an enclosure? I've got those lying around and could shave $40 on my build costs with it. My thought is it could handle the heat seeing as it's microwaveable and holds food being heated to temps quite high.

Let me know your thoughts.

BTW, these builds are pretty amazing!

I wouldn't use Tupperware. It's not as rigid, melts easier, etc.

Kal

kal said:

i wouldn't use tupperware. It's not as rigid, melts easier, etc. Kal

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+1

Holy cow how did I miss the see thru box. Awesome!