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In Please! Thanks!

In Please!!!

In Please, Thanks

Is the ball lock on a keg better than the pin lock? Most of the kegging articles I read talk about ball lock, are they superior to the Pin lock? I just recently acquired a kegging system with pin lock connections. Should I change them to ball lock? Thanks Mark

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Looking at the options for a better way to oxygenate my wort, and looking at getting an Oxygen Injection System. For the oxygen source it says that you can get the oxygen tanks at the hardware store (I have used them in my torch). After all the time I take to make sure everything is clean and...

Thanks for all the great information. I think I will use the thermowell through the rubber stopper.

My main concern/thought is that if the thermowell in the wort is telling the controller to turn on the compressor to cool, let’s say 1 degree. The compressor turns on and starts cooling, and it runs until the temperature drop is pushed all the way through the wort to the center where the...

In putting your fermenter in a fridge and controlling its temperature using an external controller. I have seen the Thermowell that is inserted in to the carboy and the temperature is read from inside the carboy. My question is that if I use an external controller to control the fridge’s...

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Thanks very much to the two of you for your reply.

I am looking at building a brew system and have been reading quite a bit about the different PID Controllers. I would like to use gas for the system, just my preference. I have seen a lot of home brew systems built that use a PID controller with a gas valve. But if I understand correctly from...