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So I did end up throwing one packet in each carboy and they took off within 12 hours. Both carboys look like a yellow snow globe right now and I can’t smell any off flavors at the warmer temps. So far I’m very impressed! I’m going to submit it to Dr. Homebrew, hopefully, by the end of the month...

I paid $7.99 per packet in Lebanon NH. Morebeer is $6.49.

I got the last two packets of yeast they had. Sounds like I’ll ferment at 66 and throw one packet in each.

I went to pitch my starter of 34/70 (two packets started up into 10 gallons of 1049 Pilsner) and there was a fruit fly in the starter! Dumped that and started over. Went to a place locally that sells a few things and found two packets sitting warm on a shelf—great. So right now, it is 30 hours...

Originally I had the power too high but landed around 30% once I dialed it in. The key switch is just turned 90*. When it is off it’s pointed at on. That actually pointed at 4 o’clock not 10 o’clock.

Finally got around to doing my first brew with my eHERMS system. Since November I had been converting my propane blichmann tower of power system over to an electric one. Ive got a 50A 3 vessel system similar to the electric brewery. Ive got a few challenges that came up: 1) People who use a...

I wish I was talented enough to do an Arduino controller haha! I would love to know how to set one of those up to automate the amount of brewing water needed for the HLT! We have very hard, chlorinated water so I doubt we would choose our tap water over the RO. The house I grew up in probably...

I've got a three vessel EHERMS system waiting for water in my basement--similar to an electric brewery setup. I have a kitchen sink mounted in a bathroom vanity I ripped out of a house to the left of the stand. I'm finally ready to plumb some water to it. Eventually I want to do an RO system...

A quick update—I messaged the local home brew group that I just joined (virtually due to Covid) and a very nice guy has been helping me troubleshoot. Long story short, the relays were not functioning so I have two new inkbird relays on order. Hopefully this gets me over the hump!

So I’ve got the line in going to L1, line out to contactor on t1. White neutral on L2 and the black 22 gauge (purple on the schematic) on T2. Is that correct? I have 120V in L1 but I’ve got 10V on T1. Im assuming Ive got issues with my PID wiring? What should 6 and 7 read off the boil PID?

ok—the SSRs were partially wired already incorrectly so that would explain why they aren’t working. I had narrowed it down to the SSRs not controlling the power correctly so that makes sense. I’ve got the day off so I’ll give it another shot a little later.

I got the PID running...a loose connection on the neutral fixed it. Now I have another issue. The SSRs I have list L1/T1 and L2/T2 instead of 1-4 like is on many wiring schematics for brew panels. I have 240 going through the breakers in-line heading to the SSR. After the SSR for both the HLT...

Thanks Doug! You’ve been a big help!

I did indeed miswire a few things. I’ve got two of the three PIDs running, both pumps, the safe start is working as it should, but I need help with one PID. It is reading .3 V where the hot and neutral lines come in. I need some advice on how to trouble shoot. It is the HLT PID. TIA!

Yeah I wish I had someone here! This is helpful i didn’t realize how the contactor worked. I do believe I have something miswired somewhere so I am going to go back through and check everything again.

I just measured--I have 240 across black/red going into the bottom of the contactor coil. I have 0V across A1& A2 as well as 0V when I measure black/red across the contactor. If I am reading the schematic correctly (I do not have any experience other than this project, btw), the flow of energy...

Ok folks...I’ve got the spa panel wired up showing 240 across the breaker heading out to the brew panel. I’ve got 240 going into the contactor from the main plug. I do not have 240 leaving the main contactor and I’m not getting any juice past that contactor. I’ve attached some pictures and the...

I feel like this little gem could help so many people and is hidden away in this little thread...!

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