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  1. crane

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Finding what you are looking for on aliexpress can be a challenge some times. Check these out US $46.5 7% OFF|Sanitary liquid level transmitter sensor of high temperature type flat film pressure transmitter 50.5 flange tri clamp |transmitter flysky|transmitter videotransmitter mini - AliExpress
  2. crane

    For Sale false bottom, hop spider, hop rocket, pinlock fittings, ball valves, camlocks, relays

    All items include shipping within the continental US 48 states. Brewhardware false bottom for keggle with 5/16" dip tube and center support ring. $70 shipped. Stainless Brewing 8 1/2" diameter, 15 1/2" tall hop spider for $80 shipped. Blichmann hop rocket with tri clamp fittings $70...
  3. crane

    Crane's Never ending Brewery Upgrades

    From what I have read rebuilding doesn't always require replacing the membrane. It may only need to be cleaned and refilled with new electrolyte. Also the rebuild time is dependent on many factors like heat cycling, vibration, and pressure. But yes you are correct that these do have an...
  4. crane

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    If you are using sma splitters make sure you tighten the connections down good with a wrench. Hand tightening won't be tight enough and can increase signal loss. They make special little torque wrenches just for this. There are different torque specs depending on the type of metal the connectors...
  5. crane

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Unidirectional antennas have a donut pattern that radiates out perpendicular to the antenna. Generally you have it vertically for things like wifi APs to maximize the footprint. If your antenna is above your keg you would want to place it horizontal. However, in close range it might not make...
  6. crane

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Yeah I am using the ones with the UFL connectors and have the antenna mounted to the outside of the box. At my last job I got to work on a project where we ended up going to a lab with an RF anechoic chamber to test a bunch of different antenna configurations for a 2.4GHz radio module. The...
  7. crane

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    I am in a similar boat. I ferment in sanke kegs and I can't get any signal after I seal up the 2" opening. I asked about this over on the ispindel thread, but I didn't get any responses of anybody using them in a sanke keg. Wifi is a stronger signal than bluetooth, so it might work better. I...
  8. crane

    Crane's Never ending Brewery Upgrades

    While we are on the topic of over volting analog inputs, I had an incident where one of my pressure sensor went above 5V and burnt up that input on the mega. I chose to go with the rugged circuit's megas for this build. They have better onboard power supplies that I can reliably run on 12-24V...
  9. crane

    Crane's Never ending Brewery Upgrades

    Thanks for the compliments. Glad my testing of those SM6004s has helped others. I checked out your Instagram. I never heard of an orbital welder before. Look pretty interesting for tubing butt welds.
  10. crane

    Crane's Never ending Brewery Upgrades

    And to round things out I got another steal of a deal on these DO probes. The majority of the cost for these probes is the $100 per probe rebuild kit. And these will also be converted from 25mm to tri clamp.
  11. crane

    Crane's Never ending Brewery Upgrades

    I have been planning out a new control panel build that will hopefully be future proof enough to last me a long time. Once I started accumulating parts for the build, I went ape **** on ebay. I got some really good deals on about half of these transmitters. 3 PH, 5 DO, and 1 conductivity...
  12. crane

    Crane's Never ending Brewery Upgrades

    A bunch of new things for the brewery have come in. I wasn't getting a very tight hop/trub cone from whirlpooling so I picked up the larger 65 watt MKII pump on a black Friday deal. Now I need to silver solder some TC fittings on and it will be ready to speed things up. The plastic push...
  13. crane

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    I've been playing around with the M5Stack the last few days. Thanks to Pete for his always prompt support; we were able to get all 3 buttons enabled with a new FW build within 24 hours of me reporting that only 1 button was able to be used. I have found that using the display on the M5Stack...
  14. crane

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    I am getting ready to rebuild my control panel. I plan to do the same and have one usb port for each mega. I bought similar usb panel mount cconnectors as well.
  15. crane

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    I used microsoft 3D paint, not the regular microsoft paint
  16. crane

    Pre made wort for starters

    Yes. Straight to the canner they go.
  17. crane

    Pre made wort for starters

    I've found that mixing DME and room temp water in my bottling bucket works well. I then fill all my jars from the valve on the bottling bucket. No funnels, no mess to fill all those jars, and no chance of burning yourself. I make 6 gallons of starter wort at a time so I have limited options with...
  18. crane

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    I've seen what appears to be this issue. I'm not sure though, its is a matter of me clicking too close to the perimeter of the "i" icon or what. Here are a couple examples of the overlapping elements I described in my previous post. First screenshot shows the "i" icon completely hidden by...
  19. crane

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    I have found it quite frustrating to have elements move/resize on accident. This would be really helpful. Another idea that just came to me. I don't explicitly stack elements like @oakbarn, but with my background layout I end up with elements close to each other such that one element will...
  20. crane

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Yeah if you are going the route of writing a script you can do all the math in the script itself.
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