Recent content by AkBrewer49

What the last two posts said!!

Great info, i use Costco brand juice too. Ciders turn out good with Wyeast Sweat Mead Yeast. usually 4 gallons of cider and 1 gallon of 1.040 wort... Will have to dabble a little more now. Getting ready to make my second iced cider... love those!!

I have built my own panel with ebrewsupply parts as well. It may have been something I did wrong, but it just didnt hold up. It eventually quit working. Not saying anything bad, just that it quit working. I then bought the back to back system from High Gravity and couldnt be happier...

Check your temps in a couple of different places, if possible with a couple of different thermometers. You may need to calculate you PID, if thats what you are running. i had one that was a couple degrees off..

That's a good idea... I will ponder that... I can always use the fermenter add on for thesending kegs, it is just spendy...

That's kind of what I was thinking, figured I would ask around....

Has anyone put a sample port in a 1/2bbl Sanke Keg. Wanting to put one up about 1/3 way from the bottom so I can sample off a sour solera. Thinking a weldless fitting mated to a triclover fitting. I think I can use a breaker bar and socket to reach through the top... Thoughts

Well not been much of a poster since joining, but thought I would add to the total..... 36461 + 5gal of Smoked Porter 5gal Blackberry Wheat 5gal of Milk Stout 5gal Irsh Red Ale 5gal Hallertau Pale for a hop only tasting 10gal English Pale Ale 10gal Aprihop Clone 10gal Chocalate Milk...

No, they aren't on a breaker a seperate breaker, just running from the same 110 volt soruce from the power strip and 63 amo breaker in........

I checked voltage and it is not over 240, more like 237. I am using an external heatsink on the SSR's. I purchased eBrewsupply's 50amp kit. I will check the curve, not sure about that. Make and model is Winston DZ47-63 2p 25amp. Thanks williamsdm1111, but unless you are in Alaska..

I was thinking that on upping the to 30amp. I have a multimeter, but cant seem to get a rating out of it. yes the breakers are new as is everything in the box....

5500 watt elements, only one firing at a time, and the breakers are rated for 25amps.. **EDIT** The power goes from the power bus to the CB to the SSR to the contactor and then on to the Element....

So I have a control panel similar to Kal's. I was doing a "dry" run yesterday and after about 40 min of heating the strike water to 160 from about 40, the CB tripped. I shut it down, let it sit and fired it up again. It tripped 3 or 4 more times until it got to temp. It then functioned fine...

How could you not enter, great give away. Thanks to all who donated products!!!!!