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Thought if anyone wanted a head start on a Ferm chamber I would pass this along. Found it on CL in the free section: http://sandiego.craigslist.org/ssd/zip/2600935963.html

please continue!

Hook it up!

I have never done a cold crash before but it sounds like something I would like to do as I am used to getting thick yeast cakes at the bottom of my bottles. I understand what cold crashing does, however I want to make sure that if I cold crash before bottling, my yeast will still re-activate...

Sorry for the late response. Yes I used TinyCad. It took a couple minutes to learn and then it was easy, and like EarthBound said...ITS FREE! Thanks Walker I will make sure to swap out one hot for the neutral.

Thanks guys! I will make those changes.

http://i378.photobucket.com/albums/oo223/andersnelson/CPanelDiag.png Ok here is my next crack at a cpanel diagram. Sorry about the SSR symbol...it was the only one that came with the program. I simplified this one again to make sure I had the fundamentals taken care of. I may try to add a...

I was using WBerry's suggestion from the second post and added the breakers inside the box, however inline tube fuses were also suggested...and I may go that rout anyway. I will work on tracking down actual diagrams for the different switches so that I can actually show where the wires will...

Sorry it is hard to understand. What I did was this: -Two hot lines going in (red and black) -Then I ran a line from the incoming black line to the switch which then goes back to the DPDT to control the open or close state of the switch. -Added a neutral line since it will need one. -after the...

Ok I THINK I made the correct changes. Again, the temp probes are missing. I added breakers inside the box, three DPDT switches, an e-stop, a new RIMS element and a 3 pos maintained selector switch to only allow either the BK or HLT element to be on at any one time. Thanks again...

Thanks for the discussion guys! P-J I will take your advice and move to a 240volt element in my RIMS tube. I will post an updated diagram when I figure out how I am going to fuse the inside of the control panel. Thanks again!

well, I definitely want to keep it safe. Maybe I will run the RIMS element and maybe the pumps from a separate 120V 20A service. Seems like it would work.

No worries Wberry, I am here to learn. milldoggy, I think I am missing something. Should I only try to pull 80% of the 30 amps at any one time? I did look through Kals site. Ah ok I see now. So to add a 40 amp service is that as simple as installing one in my fuse box?

right but I wont be running my BK element with any other element. The HLT element is a 240V 3000 watt element.