It's been awhile since an update, I've got a lot done, and had one semi-successful brew day. Things that went wrong:
Pump valve handles in wrong location, need to be flipped - kept me from controlling flow during use of plate chiller.
Thermometer in BK was leaking. Had to boil in my HLT.
Needed about 1 pound of rice hulls in the mash - grain bed compacted during recirculation. (cream ale - lots of adjuncts)
Should have made the first batch 5 gallons, insteaf of jumping in with the first batch being a 10 gallon
With out RIMS tubes Mash temp hard to keep steady
However, the beer is fermenting away and we hit all our numbers, so it was pretty good. The first couple brew sessions are definitely about getting kinks worked out.
I have everything for the control panel ordered: 1 honeywell valve, 2 PID's, timer, RIMS tubes, switches, lights, alarms, etc. will be using a 12X10X8 NEMA4 panel like cal. It will look slightly similar to this:
http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24952
Control panel is under way. Second brew day is coming 11/4(I hope) and 3rd 11/11 (definite)
I love the Brewershardware wind screens, and I have also ordered a CIP spray ball to make cleaning easy.Oh, and my barley crusher is on the way! going to build something like this for it:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/harborfreight-drill-grain-mill-337006/index2.html