Recent content by Mannelito

Thanks for the input! I'll see what happens when I hook it up, maybe I'll put the heat-gun on the cutting board and adjust the angle if needed. /Manne

Hi! I'm got myself a Topsflo pump, which unfortunately does not have any features that ease attachment of a pump foot. A drill, a Dremel and a heat gun later, I made myself a ghetto pump foot out of an IKEA cutting board. The problem, perhaps, is that the pump is currently mounted...

But it clicks :D and even though no-one will see it, the SSRs are more symmetrical now. Vanity and stupidity costs money :D.

PID-wise, not much perhaps, both can monitor temp,time and connect to SSR. But as the arduino works as a smaller computer you have the possibility to log data, save brew programs, calculate necessary pre-heat times, remote brewing and whatnot. You can check out BrewPi for more information, they...

I'm going with an Arduino that sends a logic high to the element SSR when needed. The temp is measured with a DS18B20. Both SSRs accept DC control signals. The pump SSR is probably going to be on for the entire brewday as it is a vessel in vessel RIMS, no PWM.

I have no clue, never saw anything about that, perhaps someone can comment on that. As far as I figured, going with a Fotek 40DD (DC-DC) SSR would be enough. Hopefully I'm not wrong, I'm going to be scavenging for info about that now...

Ah, no, there is only one heating element, but I'm building 3 RIMS, one for me and two for friends, so in total there are 3 elements, but only one per controller box and circuit. I have the mains coming into the controller box, the heating element is connected in parallel with a 60W 12v 5A...

I'll heed your advice. After my tinkering is done I'm having an electrician overlook the finished result and correct errors. Once the heating elements are in place I'll post a build thread to see general comments, feedback and suggestions are always interesting. Getting back to the topic...

With great power comes great responsibility - or so they say. Therefore I'd like nothing more than not messing things up. I'm currently looking for heating elements and my situation is that I'm connecting my RIMS to a central 10A fuse. The pump is calculated to draw about 2A when on...

You're right, however, after freight+import taxes, it gets expensive. The one prefab option I'm seriously considering is from Stilldragon.EU. 3 units+shipping is USD$200. It's a sturdy unit, so I guess the price is right.

You are probably right. I'm thinking it'll be easier, better and mostly of all safer to buy one. Still, I'm curious to know if this idea works.

I now realize that things in my head are not as obvious to others as they are to me, sorry about that. On the kettle there will be a welded 2" TC ferrule, so you put this end-cap thing on with a gasket in between, slap a clamp on it and hopefully it doesn't leak. Something similar to this...

I'm looking into building my own element guard but I'm a bit uncertain about how good of an idea it is. The option I'm considering is taking a 2" TC end cap (red), drill a hole in it and then go for a regular 1" NPT heating element (teal), fixed with a locknut (grey). Seeing as this is a...