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Understood; will cycle some water and take some traces with my BCS rig as soon as I get parts in to see how it performs! Should be fun; will chime in here as soon as I have some results to report.

You are amazing, Mats! I can't wait to give this a try, ordering parts now!

Well... I'm forever the optimist! I ordered 250 units from a new potential supplier in China :drunk: 3rd time's the charm, right!?? I did at least get them to send me a picture of the board and confirm that it had the correct hardware this time, but we'll see! I'll make at least 50 of these...

Looks like I jumped the gun with this post... I just received my 2nd batch of controllers and I am now the proud owner of 200 units of the wrong version! (STC-1000_Power_V1.1) If/when I do finally secure a reliable source for v1.0's, I'll let you guys know, but looks like this particular...

I have some good news and some bad news to report: The Good News: I think I've secured a source for the correct controller version The Bad News: You have to buy a minimum of 100pcs in order to buy from them More Bad News (for me anyway): In the process of finding a source, I got stuck...

Here is some more info posted by March: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=11157.0 Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Not exactly... Chugger and March pumps are designed to be mounted horizontally (motor axis parallel to ground). If you aren't having any cavitation issues with this setup it shouldn't be a problem, but this is not the recommended installation orientation. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I have had good luck with Lerway on amazon, but no promises. There was a guy that posted here the other day who got the wrong version from them. To my knowledge, there isn't a guaranteed supplier of v1.0 we've found yet. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Out of curiosity, how fast do you turn that mash mixer? Adding one to my rig is on the "someday" list. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Third, that is awesome. I think that's the first homebrew rig I've ever seen with a manway. Jealous. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

In, thanks!

Agree with Alpha here, if you're comfortable doing the wiring, the flashing procedure won't be a challenge for you (and it's quick). I guess the only downside is that you'd need to buy an Arduino, but the upside is that you'd be able to update the firmware as improvements are made. If you...

I have had good luck with Lerway Tech on Amazon, but someone recently reported here that they got a "bad" one from them also. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a consistent way to ensure version. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Looks like you probably have the wrong version. Take a look at this page and scroll down to the section on "Determining controller version" for guidance on how to determine if you've got a flashable version.

The next batch of these controllers will go on sale tomorrow evening at 7:00CST at this page: http://www.blackboxbrew.com/store/the-black-box Also, since I'm an official sponsor now, I started this thread so we can continue this conversation outside of the "for sale" forum. Please direct...

here it is in .xls format. Hope this works for you!

Multi-climate? In California? Bahahaha, you must not come east of Sacramento much! Come visit the midwest and I'll show you "multi-climate" :) It was below zero here for months this winter and the heat index is 104 today. Cry me a river, NorCal! :) Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Yeah, hook the probe up. Maybe also watch the video on flashing on my website (click the "black box" link in my signature, go to "DIY" tab).

Yeah, agree with Gueykewl, highly doubt you bricked it. Like he said, close Arduino and start over; sometimes you need to upload the firmware to the Arduino again as well. Basically start from the beginning and follow the full process and I'll bet it comes back to life. I've flashed 100 of these...

Whoa, now that's ^^ a nice setup! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew