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Unfortunately no, the analog will not put out such low output accurately. It is a big hike to spend when you have a power box that works fine.

I would put it at the height of the racking port or perhaps a little higher. Take a tape measure and see how far into the middle of the vessel you need it to go, and account for the ~2" to pass the ferrule into the fermenter.

Agreed, pitching on brew day is simple enough to pour into the fermenter. The main purpose is for the keg conditioning portion, brew day options is simply an added bonus. I humbly disagree that pulling whatever yeast off a bottom and job is done. I admit, my needs are more particular than most...

6" should be fine, so long as there is sure contact between probe and well. My circumstance is a little peculiar because I brew in the conical, chill it, dump the break and pitch, then depending on the yeast I will dump again 4-10 days from the end of the lag phase (quiet time between pitch and...

I have a 24 gallon fermenter and I find 1.5" TC dump is plenty. Your logic makes sense but what might be gained in thorough tub removal may create a loss in extra beer. Fully open on my valve will create an unwelcomed rush. 3" might be harder to control. As you noted, price is also different for...

Very cool, I will look into your project this weekend. So perhaps I could place a small valve in-line and record the current pressure manually and then close the line and relieve the pressure from the sensor. As for the two roads to choose for data collection, I will continue to educate...

Exactly like that. This is using the ECP8266 from what I've found, correct? A blog post I found about this program seems like a good solution option for brew process history. Thanks.

I am working with new (for me) yeast that ferment differently from sacch. Torulaspora, brett, pichia, and a handful of lactic acid bacteria. If I'm lucky, I may also be working with sacch. c. hybrids if I can develop a method to get the little buggers to form spores. At this point I want to...

Awesome input from you all, thanks a bunch! I will follow the leads you've given and will make a much more informed decision as a result.. I love that hot side data table, that's exactly what we are in need of!

Thanks a bunch! You know Vernier was on my radar for a while now since I used them for a lab a while back. I had no idea it can be read with arduino. So that means it can be integrated into the BrewPi? I still don't understand how the parameters for each sensor are coordinated. The folk at the...

I assume you would need to set your filler to the same pressure as the keg? Can someone confirm that? If I am correct, it may be good to cool your corny as low as you can so you can drop the psi needed to move the beer and thus reduce shaking too much gas out of solution.

As homebrewers don't pitch volumes appropriate to using a keg like the commercial breweries. But I would love to come up with a device that can be used to push our culture using gas (O2 on brew day and CO2 on keg conditioning day) to inject it inline to the fermenter. The best thing I can...

After conferring with my sweetheart and brewmate, we decided to spring for a 7 cu. foot chest freezer we found in town for 150 bucks. It can hold one 14 gallon and one sanke reservoirs/fermenters and we already had a brewpi on the way as a controller which we can hook up. Both can be filled with...

Still a learner, but I'm trying to educate myself. 3 things: 1. I have read about hacks to get the BrewPi to track data for the brew day. How accessible is this for someone with no experience in coding and with no available time to currently teach myself? What should I know that isn't commonly...

Thank you both, I am continuing to do research into the best option. I only need one recirculating line for a single conical, the a quick rundown of the hardware clears a lot up for me.

How are people still feeling about their BrewPi's? I am interested in them but I have asked numerous questions and received no answers thus far on their site. Their content also hasn't changed in a long time and it makes me wonder... Are they still active? Are people not writing about them...

Funny you mention that. I asked a hardware guy about wireless hydrometer options to build one and he said wireless is not there yet for the reason you mentioned. Either the connectivity is spotty or you overbuild as a fix and you run into the low ceiling of battery technology. He said he...

So my concern has been sanitation with the poly they use. It's great that it handles sanitizers well but scratches in plastic are condos for bacteria and small yeast which I work a lot with. I'm glad to hear other people are happy with theirs, I may well get one myself for ales. Thanks for your...

There is a lot of good information here that I am already digging through but I wanted to get some ideas from what others have done. We have a very creative community here and there's no need in redesigning something someone more skilled than I has put care into. Just a quick idea of my goals...

This helps a lot! Thanks for sharing, I have been comparing a setup you have to using a 3.0 cu ft. chest freezer and a large reservoire and a temp controller. Pricing wise favors the freezer but when we relocate in a year the chiller and cooler is actually mobile and can come with us. How loud...