Recent content by mboehm

Yes I realize this is resurrecting a semi-old thread but this information was useful to me and may be to others: Much of what I have read indicates that O2 permeability is higher with the foodsaver bags as compared to mylar. As has been mentioned mylar also seals out light which is damaging to...

Random question from a new vac sealer owner... Would vacuum sealing a slant of yeast have any impact positive or negative? I imagine it would help prevent contaminants from entering and I know oxygen can damage cells. I imagine there would be some desiccation of the yeast/agar as the vapor...

Obviously use what ever works for you but as far as the OP's complaints about starsan, he/she must doing it wrong :). The only real drawback to starsan is that it cannot be pumped because of its foaming action. Possibly also a skin reaction in some people but I've never had any problems with...

If you don't have access to the adafruit components you may be able to find something comparable from another arduino-board-making company. Or you may be able to assemble a similar board yourself. I know the SD card slot and the RTC are available individually but you will have to know a bit...

I did some searching in the forums here and elsewhere online so if this has already been covered, please bear with me. I'm hoping to get some feedback from the yeast experts here. I've read that the ideal time to step a yeast starter to the next size is when the wort is around 70%...

It's photo time! The chamber is constructed of 2" thick solid foam insulation. Cooling is provided by a diminutive 1.7 cu. Ft. dorm fridge obtained for free. Heating is provided by a bit of aging flexwatt also obtained for nil. There are a pair of 80mm CPU fans for air circulation. I've...

Update: I've just added a schematic for the power wiring. My project utilizes a GFCI outlet that is wired so that it is able to provide ground fault protection for the whole project. Mains enter through the LINE side of the GFCI and the rest is fed off the LOAD side. Relays interrupt the HOT...

^Thanks for the tip! I will look into it. In the meantime I now have a wiring diagram up; a little something I threw together in fritzing. There are a couple limitations with Fritzing/my skill that have been noted in the GitHub readme. This was about as clear I was able to make it on a first...

To be honest, I originally started with an Arduino Uno R3. Early on I had problems with limited SRAM space. My program uses a half dozen or so libraries with fairly large footprints (SD is a hog). By the time I had implemented about half of the features I was running out of ram and the SD...

Hey guys! A while back I was inspired by some of the DIY write-ups on here and built my self a little fermentation chamber constructed of solid foam insulation and a diminutive 1.7 cu.ft dorm fridge I wrangled for free. Probably not something I could ever lager in during the summer, but good...

OK I am dumb....the compressor is working fine now i think. It is surprisingly quiet and last night I could not hear it over the din in my room....I guess I was just being paranoid about damaging the compressor or something due to poor/faulty wiring. Now that it seems to be working, my two...

Thanks for the tip! I've spent a lot of time looking over the minimal instructions that come with the love as well as helpful forum members' tips. I think I have a fairly good handle on how to program the controller, and as I said I am fairly confident that relay 1 is on so I must have made...

Ok, just finished setting up a mini-fridge fermentation chamber with a Love TSS2. I ended up deciding to ditch the original thermostat, leaving me three internally routed wires to play with. When I plug the fermenterator in, the Love comes on with a probe reading. The relay status LED's...