Hi,
Normally I brew with my neighbour with a 60 liter HERMS setup. Inspired by GrainFather , I'm rebuilding my old electric pot, trying to do with styff laying around.
Started with only buying a BIAB bag, resting in a RVS strainer. Works OK but was messy.
After that I bought a RVS pot with 21 liter capacity. This is going to be the inner malt-basket. As soon as it arrived I took my powertools and started making little cuts in the bottom of the pot
For now, I could start brewing but isn't finished yet. I have cut all the wires in the bottom of the electric pot and rewire them through my own relay and Ardduino.
I have taken a sous vide sample sketch and adapted this is base for my electric PID heater.
I can add 6 different temperature steps (including the boil) with 6 different timers. The boil timer can have 6 different hop additions.
Pump will be operated manual, no need to turn this on or off with the arduino. Yesterday I did a full test of several water temperatures and timers. Works very good.
This week I will be doing the first test batch with the inner malt-basket and the arduino.
ToDo :
- Arduino code is not finished yet, still some rough edges
- Waiting for a better ball valve to replace current plastic valve. When this arrives I will add a stainless bazooka screen on the inside of the valve to act as a hopfilter.
- Also waiting for a tank style DS18B20 to permanently install in the kettle.
- When everything is installed make nice container for the LCD
Normally I brew with my neighbour with a 60 liter HERMS setup. Inspired by GrainFather , I'm rebuilding my old electric pot, trying to do with styff laying around.
Started with only buying a BIAB bag, resting in a RVS strainer. Works OK but was messy.
After that I bought a RVS pot with 21 liter capacity. This is going to be the inner malt-basket. As soon as it arrived I took my powertools and started making little cuts in the bottom of the pot
For now, I could start brewing but isn't finished yet. I have cut all the wires in the bottom of the electric pot and rewire them through my own relay and Ardduino.
I have taken a sous vide sample sketch and adapted this is base for my electric PID heater.
I can add 6 different temperature steps (including the boil) with 6 different timers. The boil timer can have 6 different hop additions.
Pump will be operated manual, no need to turn this on or off with the arduino. Yesterday I did a full test of several water temperatures and timers. Works very good.
This week I will be doing the first test batch with the inner malt-basket and the arduino.
ToDo :
- Arduino code is not finished yet, still some rough edges
- Waiting for a better ball valve to replace current plastic valve. When this arrives I will add a stainless bazooka screen on the inside of the valve to act as a hopfilter.
- Also waiting for a tank style DS18B20 to permanently install in the kettle.
- When everything is installed make nice container for the LCD