Recent content by rrittenhouse

Here are more photos that i've been capturing of it from the stream (which the URL has changed because it is my home connection and, well, its just not enough. I might put it on ustream if people are that worried about watching it bubble along. lol. Enjoy the hilarious photos.

Like a few other posts on here I am also wondering what all I will need to make a start into Meat Smoking. I don't like the thought of building a UDS or something because i'll never complete it. I do however see some basic "units" at Home Depot. Are any of these worth actually purchasing...

Does it really need to be a 2W potentiometer? Not that I cant find one but when I do the power calculation is around 50mW. Where did I go wrong?

Ok. So unless theres a huge price difference I can just get the rheostat or a 2W pot. As much as I like to tinker sometimes its just nice to simplify things.....at first lol. I'm sure i'll mod it later and add some un-necessary features. Thanks for the response.

The latest plans with the rheostat are located here: http://www.wortomatic.com/articles/Building-a-Basic-Stirplate-for-Yeast-Suspension I guess I've read that you need the rest of the circuitry if you go with the pot instead of the rheo but I wanted to confirm this. If its that easy i'm just...

Hello EE's I have a question. I am planning on building a stir-plate and I am seeing designs with a rheostat and others with circuits that were built with a couple components. Are there any differences/advantages/disadvantages in these designs? Thanks

I REALLY know how that is. Thanks for investing your time into this and trying to make this happen! I learned some things for sure.

Yeah it would be nice if it were actually on sale somewhere.....

Id like to know the recipe as well. Maybe we should just all email them and ask? (drac0's idea stolen from IRC) :) http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

LOL if it were that close I would buy a bag to fill it!... I need to find a way to store this grain as well after I get it.

I might get even more by then...i'm trying to stock up on base grains (i dont get to buy brewing stuff that much) so im trying to cover all of my bases so I can match them with specialty grains, yeast and hops. Can hops be added this order too or is it just grain?

Well that decision is cutting two other people out of it as well. I think (if possible) we should give this another week or two to see how many pallets we are able to fill up. I'm not organizing it so I wouldn't be the one making that decision though.

It SAYS Feb 15th....we shall see.

Good. I still want in on it but I can't pull funds from anywhere else right now to cover it. They say it will only be a week later.. this will affect me bringing back grain to the Columbus area for anyone as well if I can't do it. Ill keep you updated.

Bad News - http://www.examiner.com/social-media-in-national/turbo-tax-screws-up-e-filers-wait-for-their-refunds-due-to-processing-error I was going to pay for the grain out of my taxes (which are never late!). Turbo Tax had to resort to sending out paper checks to those affected. I won't be...