it doesnt even tell you if the heating is on?
Well there is an element enable/disable toggle switch and the screen shows its orientation, but nothing about whether the heater is currently firing. Anyone that has brewed electric long enough knows why a big red light matters to help avoid dry firing.
Hmm first time electric. I'll have to pay careful attention
Well crap. Tested it. Your right. It's pulsing. I can't hear it as I have a 50ft power cord. So it doesn't bother me. But that being said will it kill my generator. I have boil at 60% to do a test boil to test for boil off. But it's pulsing. Other than annoying. Is it bad. That being said if I keep it at 100% it's good lol. Mash it pulses.
I don't have one In my garage my laundry isnt in garage. It's inside the house
I'll just swap the panel cord to run 110v for now.
My laundry room is about a washing machine and a dryer. 6x6 ft room. Haha
That's the cheapest route. Get a 30ft extension cord to my dryer outlet and just have to keep the door cracked enough to have the cord in. And deal with the flies later!! I'll see what it costs to add a outlet right on backside of my house panel. Inside my garage
Change of plans. Getting a 30a dryer outlet installed tomorrow for dedicated homebrew. Oh well haha let's live on the wildd side!
Nice! Good luck!
I would make sure you have the temp probe connection all the way in past the dots on kettle side and on the panel side it needs to snap into place. Sounds like you are not reading the temp probe.
If you look at my original post, I definitely was getting a temp reading but then suddenly wasn't. I unplugged and reconnected both ends to no avail.
Still sounds like a connection issue. Bad cable, bent pin, broken internal wire in the cable or issue with the Solo Panel which seems unlikely but possible. We'll I will be trying mine shortly. I am an computer engineer, own television production company and deal with a lot of cables. 9 out 10 times it's cables connection. Bad temp probe. Do you have another temp probe that you use with wort chiller? I would atleast eliminate the probe as the issue
That’s what I figure and I’m afraid I don’t. All my other temp probes are hard-wired to Inkbird controllers.
Oh no! That’s awful. Thankfully with mine everything else is working as expected.
Damn! I am not getting disappointed. I will know shortly
I ment to say I am starting to get disappointed
I'm pretty frustrated. Now I gotta figure out what to do with my starter since it's gonna sit in fridge for as long as it takes for spike to get one in my hand
Will this controller eventually be available for your BIAB package on your website? If I can get some 240 run this winter planning to get your setup next year.
So far, everything is working like a charm with my 120v. I have been running the pump and element set to 50%, then 125F mash while doing the first clean after unpacking using PDW in 3 gals water. I have also transfered the PDW solution from solo to CF5 and back! Waiting for water to complete rinsing. I will try my first batch next week. Good luck with your panel. I am sure Spike will take care of it.
i hope they will.. its a matter of rush to get me one.. or just put me back in a wait and get one whenever I get one... if I can get one by saturday i can probably knock this red ale out saturday night. and probably keep my yeast starter in fridge.. otherwise toss it and get a new 001 and redo it 48 hours from brew day.
I can contest that SPIKE has excellent customer service and they will respond promptly. I have called customer service for 4 months with all kinds of questions and concerns and they have done nothing bit provide EXCELLENT customer service. No, I am not getting paid to say that. In my profession, I deal with many customer service/ technical departments and spike so far has been flawless! Do not stress your self they will take care of it fast.
SPIKE already emailed me back on a sunday and said they will send one out tomorrow for me. They started to add extra solder on joints because they have one other come in with a similar issue. So they were familiar with my failure thankfully, working on fixing the issue from future panels and getting me one out asap.
Your right that wire I was able to pull out on my own without unscrewing it. Unless after it dries it was able to move. But yes I noticed that and pulled it out with my hands very easily.
They already gave me shipping info. Rushing the panel so I can brew Saturday. 2 day FedEx. They are going outta there way to make sure I brew
Like I told you before, SPIKE, has excellent customer service. They will address the issue immediately!
