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Yep. The SYL-2352.

Actually, no. I read through the directions that came with it and not being familiar with controls of this type (or of any type), I tried my best to understand it. Didn't see anything about tuning or autotuning the PID, though. Is there supplemental reading material available to help me...

Thanks jsguitar and milldoggy. Both suggestions give me ideas to look into. I'll do some more testing since I am so ready to brew some more. One other question, I set the PID to 175 and watched the temp overshoot to 190 and keep going. That's when I manually stopped it and let the water...

Finally made it. Built my electric brewery and fired it up today for the first time. Did a 5 gal initial batch (s.m.a.s.h. recipe). Set my water temp to 175 (using the PID with a Pt100RTD temp probe from Auburn Inst.) and put 2 gal. into mash tun to warm it. Drained it, added 15 qts. of 175...

Actually a PID with a Solid State Relay is not that big a deal to put together. You can go simple with some of the wiring diagrams on this site. As everyone else will tell you, PJ has posted great wiring diagrams. I thought about a PWM, but the advantage of a PID made the effort worth it...

I just shipped a bottle to Maryland. Never thought it might be illegal (based on my past teenage life when I never realy cared if anything was illegal :D) I think the bigger issue is cost. I had to pay $7.90 to ship one bottle. Since it was a special occasion, I paid. But that's the last...

If you are like me - a non-electrical guy - designing and building your control panel will be a big effort. I just finished mine, a simple one, and it took quite a while. And now that it's finish (not yet even tested) I am already finding things i want to add, etc. Building my brewstand also...

I just finished wiring my control box based on PJ's diagrams. I never read a circuit diagram before and it was a learning curve. Fortunately his drawings are clear and easy to follow. I'll let you know what happens when I power it up. Hopefully soon.

It took me a long time to figure that one out. Then one day I was looking at the element and noticed only two wires connected to it. Thus one off, no current flow. Doh! Some of us just need a little bit longer .... Fortunately, the guys on this forum have patience for us noobs.:ban:

This is an phenom. Wasn't aware it was occurring and, personally, don't think it is all that far fetched from happening here. Sounds more like something that would have fostered itself under our own system. Heck, I had a friend who got a beer distributorship from AB (back in the day) that was...

I think the strength of the well written article allowed us to forget dude00's first line. I didn't think he was trying to take credit at all. But I do admit being caught up in the article and then forgetting the very first sentence. Too many other sentences to think about as I read...

Why not set up a cheap 10 gallon system and once a week offer a "Specialty" beer that you brew? Learn how to brew, find out how your customers take to it, and get your feet wet all at the same time.

I used a 40 oz. Budweiser bottle in my last batch. Haven't opened it yet, but using the twist on cap was a bit flimsy. Thought I would try it though, just to see how well it worked. Never have seen capable 40 oz.ers for sale. And buying that much beer in those throw aways and keeping flimsy...

Are you going to hard wire your HLT and BK elements into the box or put in plug recepticles? Didn't see recepticles listed, which would be best so you can disconnect the kettles from your control box (and the pump, too). Have you thought of everything else you might want to add. As everyone...

For your GFI, I was surprised to find your link to a 50 amp GFI in a spa panel complete for only $49 at Home Depot. I was looking for a 30 amp GFI and could only find the breaker alone (no panel) for +$80. But I don't want or need a 50 amp breaker running a single 5500 watt element. Seems too...

I liked the water analogy. Would it give a better picture by stating it this way? voltage (volts) = pressure, (psi) current (amps) = flow (gpm) resistance (ohms) = resistance (pipe diameter)

Thanks P-J. That's what I didn't know. Thanks CidaMastah. I hadn't even thought of the chilling process. Now I know I need the probe! And thanks Bobby M, rsklhm10, and passedpawn. Your comments gave me more useful help for my next steps. But one more question: I read that a K type...

I have my wiring figured out with the help of P-J's wiring digrams and many other comments/ideas from the forum. A simple gravity system (i.e. no pumps) with 5500w elements in the HLT and BK. The PID will control the SSR for the HLT, but I would like to also use the same PID/SSR for the BK. I...

Thanks. No wonder my searches for "potentiometer" came up blank. I'll study carefully. One other thought... Can I hook two temp probes into one PID? If not, I guess I would need two PID's, each with their own temp probe? (That's if I don't go the 555 PWM route.)

I'm looking for a simple system with a PID/SSR controlling the HLT. But for the BK it seems like a potentiometer would work well. But I can't find a circuit diagram showing a potentiometer controlling on heating element and the PID/SSR on the other element. (This is a gravity system, so no...