rtrevino
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Has anyone built a gas (propane or natural) powered Brutus with BCS controls? Every post I find has the BCS controlling an electric rig.
Has anyone built a gas (propane or natural) powered Brutus with BCS controls? Every post I find has the BCS controlling an electric rig.
You can use the 460 for brewing and fermenting... just don't hard mount your probes and you can move them wherever you want.
How does the BCS-460 energize the gas/water valve solenoids? Is the 5vdc output enough to energize the solenoid? If not, what do you need in addition to the BCS-460 to make this happen?
Sorry for the newbie electrical questions
I currently control my stand through LOVE controllers and the wiring was as easy as it gets.
Wrecked
Could one also use two sets of probes, 1 in the rig and 1 for fermentation? But when your using the BCS for brewing you fermentation chamber is just not functioning, correct?
Yes, if they are setup for triggering digital I/O. The BCS doesn't have analog inputs.Will the BCS take input from pressure sensors?
Yep that would work just fine as well... I wire my probes to RJ-45 connectors so I can swap them easily at the control panel.
I only use 3 probes for brewing so 1 is always available to keep my fermenter running, and the BCS can control both processes at the same time.
I thought about doing it that way too but I also want to have multiple readings on my rig. I guess if I go the cheap route I end up with a cheap rig that I just modify again later on.
Why is the plate chiller outlet temp needed? Won't you be recirculating through the chiller and back to BK until
Target temp is reached and then pump from BK to Fermenter?
78 is your target temp? Should be more like 68.
Agree that your first brew should probably just use manual mode. Reason for this is that you get used to what needs to be switched on and off and it helps you better understand what you want to do with your processes and states. As a rule of thumb, each time you need to manually change something, you probably need a state change.
I do processes for the following:
- MLT Heat/Hold
- HLT Heat/Hold
- Fly Sparge
- Wort/Hop Boil
- Hop Additions
So my challenge is I can barely make 80 with an immersion cooler with house water and placing my brew kettle in the pool for additional cooling. Now one variable that is probably different is that I live in the country and my water is well supplied and it is stored above ground (allows breathing time as I have gas in the water). So my water is probably lower than ambient but not as cold as typical ground water.
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