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Awesome, thank you for this info.

Clearly I have some testing to do. Does someone by chance know how to calibrate temp on the ebrew pid's? I'm not seeing anything in the online documentation, but will also check the paper that came with it when I get home.

Good question, and I've clearly made some assumptions. I'll detail how I'm setup to hopefully answer your questions. I measure temp in my MT and HLT from tees in the outlets. The 4 degrees difference is between the MT and HLT temps at these locations. I have assumed that the inlet of the HERMS...

I am seeing a continual 4 degree delta during an entire 90 mash. I brew in my basement which is in the low 60's. I have a 4' hose from the mash pump to HERMS in, and 3' hoses from HERMS out to MT inlet and MT outlet to mash pump. I don't see any way to shorten up the hoses while retaining my...

In my case my coil is fully submerged in about 15 gallons of water. It seemed to me a faster flow rate would keep the two vessels with the closest temps possible, but I observe a 4 degree loss in the MT full open with a riptide. With the observation that a slower flow rate has maintained a...

It never occurred to me a too high of flow rate would cause the MT to trail the HLT, meaning the wort isn't coming up to HLT temps through 50' of coil... I'm going to have to try some tests to see how adjusting flow rate affects temperature. I was wondering how Kal's setup had both kettles...

Indeed, like TheMadKing I have about a 4 degree delta. It never occurred to me I may be circulating too fast, and I have no flow meter to know what I'm at. Do you have a recommended flowmeter? I also think I can tighten up my crush, but only if I can be sure my flow rate isn't going to cause...

Following up on this weekend's brew session. I was targeting 1.049 and hit 1.047, which is 75% efficiency. I'm quite happy with this result compared to previous methods where I was hitting 50ish%. I milled at .045 and mashed with my pump wide open, a riptide if that makes any difference, for...

I have been having this same low efficiency issue for 2 sessions. First session I chalked up to new system, and a Corona style mill that I couldn't really dial in. Second session I milled with a cereal killer at .045 and got 1.065 when I should have had 1.083... I dumped several gallons out of...

I've got one or two that I haven't used since I went to 5 gallon kegs. They fit in the fridge nicely and were much nicer than bottling.

Excellent!

I'm interested. Thank you.

Thanks for the feedback and confirming I'm at least on the right train fo thought.

It seems some people have different number of temperature probes, which may account for some placement differences. My questions below are coming from the point of a HERMS system, but may be applicable to others. Each question builds upon an assumption that the previous question is true. 1. Is...

That's a total bummer. I'm not having that issue with the mount. I cranked down pretty hard on both sides, the hex and the phillips. Do the fasteners loosen when it leans?

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Wouldn't the temp on the outlet of the HERMS be the same as in the HLT? It seems to me that with a sufficiently long coil that would be the case. Can someone with this setup weigh in on how it actually works?

Awesome. Thank you.

How have others setup Beersmith to handle differences in pre heating or not? Are are there better methods to calculate water temps?

Are you doing a whirlpool before chilling?