Recent content by cixelsyd

8-10 is "the answer", but it totally depends also on how much force carbonation you are doing with it!

In!!!

@TxBrew tagging totally worked.

YEs please!

In!

Yes please!

Holy hell, awesome! In!

This is not correct. Typically a refrigerator will only get "so" cold because the thermostat is configured that way. Fundamentally, the only difference between a refrigerator and a freezer is where the thermostat is set. Both use a compressor to remove heat from the interior. By bypassing the...

You may need to disable the builtin thermostat on your fridge. Sounds like the fridge is cutting off the compressor at 40, instead of continuing to run the compressor whenever power is applied (by the controller).

I just ordered one of these myself after finding very little info regarding them. Any update on your experience?

Depending on timing, my buddy and I are always interested in social brewing!

Depending on your budget/what your buddy costs, it may be more economical just to do a point-of-use tankless water heater rather than try to plumb across who knows what. They come in a variety of capacities, and if you are having an electrician over anyway, might be cheaper to have him do...

cheese soup

I am not much help on the electric side of things, though I will say that an induction burner would help out if you ever needed an extra strove to cook things besides beer, say if you are hosting Thanksgiving or something. I would also definitely go 240V, regardless, just so you have capacity if...

Yeah I figured out that even 25K is still way too much resistance, being as the fan itself is only a load of about 30 ohms. V=IR :)