Recent content by zeoalex

where are you located? edit: just noticed Wisconsin...it's still early

I'll take this! What's the best way to pay ya?

' Awesome, and that;s how I'm going about it - 10AWG out of the input plug, to the coils/SSR in/out (not the coil), and that's about it really. Hopefully one last question - I'm attempting to avoid use of any bus bars so I'm using the contractor spades, and doubling up on some of the screw...

I guess I forgot to add the bit that the brackets on my contactors are metal (hence the fear). They're these: http://www.packardonline.com/Shop/Product/2508

oh absolutely and that's the plan. I'm using 10awg (stranded) for the 240V stuff, 14awg for pumps and 18awg for the coil and control wires

so I'm in the midst of putting my panel together now (finally)! here's a stupid question for you guys who know better than I do. When I go ahead and mount all of my contactors, do I need to mount them with nylon screws and/or like washers? The mounting-board in my panel is unpainted, and when...

ok, so I've been doing some looking and it would appear that the mypin TA4-SNR is the most readily available. It looks like you end up using mostly TD4's? My understanding is that the only real difference is that the TA4 doesn't have a manual mode (which shouldn't much matter for HLT/MLT?) the...

Yeah, I've had pretty good luck with ebay so far...I was going to get a few things from there still (SSR's and maybe PIDS specifically). Sounds like maybe 2 TD4's and the EZ boil may be the best way to go for what I'm trying to do. Thank you for the help!

Yeah, I was going to get some of the slow-blow glass fuses for the PID's and relay inputs and whatnot so I could neck it down to smaller wire. I planned on using a terminal block to distribute the wiring into some of those smaller inline fuses, but I'm going to do my best to keep things pretty...

Alright awesome, I figure I may have one or two terminal blocks and then just do spade/ring terminals at devices...just wanted to be sure ok great, again, that was my assumption but wanted to be totally sure wonderful, I just bought my enclosure today since it was a great deal, got a IP66...

Right, ok that makes sense, so in lieu of flip breakers, you've got in-line glass fuses which in theory should never blow. Makes sense. oh awesome, thank you. I may try to throw an alarm in just because Is the preferred method to branch wires off, via a big terminal block? This may be a...

oh that's killer, I've been basically looking for that exact drawing. Thank you!! I really like the idea of that safe start interlock as well. An additional alarm buzzer shouldn't be too hard to add if I decide I want one. Is there any sort of issue with not having any circuit breakers held...

Hi All, I have finally decided to make the jump from propane fired 3 vessel AG brewing, to fully electric/HERMS/PID controlled brew setup in my basement. As an engineer, and a guy who likes to build stuff, I've decided to build up my own panel. Here are the projected specs: 3 vessel eHERMS...

I know it's an old thread, but I'm thinking about doing this brew in the next couple days...I've got some golden light extract here...would that be the same as the extra light?

awesome! I think i'm gonna go look for some 20L locally, I have to go get some grain bags/hop bags when I get to school anyways...and I think my williamette may be a bit old and not so good anymore (it's leftover from a double kit that I got around 6 mo ago) I also got WLP051 which is...