Recent content by 4min33

Well I have to eat my words, I guess when I connected the original controller I still had the Connect box plugged in. Now that the failure is instantaneous, it was easy to isolate. I looked closely at the Connect box and the heater output is slightly melted around one of the heater output AC...

Yeah already fault isolated with separate AC lines, separate controllers . It's definitely the heater element. Grainfather customer support is usually responsive, we'll see about this one.

Well after over 130 batches and 6+ years of service my Grainfather apparently has started to leak AC to ground. Both old and new controllers will kick off the Ground Fault circuit when approaching or at boiling temperatures. I have to assume this means the end. Anybody have a different...

Wow only a few blocks away from me. If you're looking for a home brew club, I attend SF Homebrewer's Guild--small but friendly core group. Meets at BareBottle in SF.

Yes, my wife and I visited on a Thursday in June and besides being hard to find (no signs just a little address post) Seth was out back with his ear protection on and couldn't hear the bell announcing our arrival. Called some of the phone numbers on the web and he returned a call and finally...

After 106 batches in 5+ years I've had some trouble in the last year with the pump not pumping, sometimes in the middle of a brew. The first time this happened I took it apart and cleaned it carefully. The pump seemed to be better for a while. Then it started acting up again. This time I was...