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  1. oakbarn

    Poll: Do you have, or plan to get, an electric car?

    I looked at Hybrids (Prius and that Honda bug looking thing) when they first came out. I did a spreadsheet on cost and saving and do to the price of the car vs a gas one, gas would have had to go to just above $6 a gallon to make it equal to a gas car. The other thing was how big they...
  2. oakbarn

    Poll: Do you have, or plan to get, an electric car?

    When I was a kid, football was king in the town. If it was far enough away, school was out early and almost everyone in town went. I left when I was 12 and never looked back. I have been out to play golf at Teralingua and passed through some towns that I went to for games. My mother...
  3. oakbarn

    Poll: Do you have, or plan to get, an electric car?

    I don't think you have lived in a rural area. I have driven 200 miles to see a movie. I no longer drive (have not in years), but my wife puts 30,000 miles a year on our car (She or I do not work). I go 45 miles to see my doctor each way. When I first moved here, it was 26.4 miles round...
  4. oakbarn

    Poll: Do you have, or plan to get, an electric car?

    In Texas between Fort Worth and Amarillio on US 287, there is at least one (and generally 3 or 4) gas stations about every 30 miles. It is very rural. Progress: in the 1960s, there was ONE place to buy beer near Fort Worth. The next one was up near Lubbock (about 5 hours). Now there are...
  5. oakbarn

    Poll: Do you have, or plan to get, an electric car?

    The success will be the problem, unless charging stations keep pace with sales. Most of the charging stations will be in big cities with more rural areas getting few. EV are great in a city, but out in the country, not so much. I cannot see that changing. Mod note: Tax policy discussion...
  6. oakbarn

    New old member lol

    Steeping Grains add tons to an extract!!!! A real step up and not much time.
  7. oakbarn

    RV water filter vs. RO system?

    I use these filiters: https://www.boogiebrew.net/water-filter
  8. oakbarn

    What's the best beer to use with my home water without doing anything to it?

    I just use my tap water and have since I started brewing. I do use a Boggie Brew filter for Chorine and Cholormides, and also leave the all water in the 50 gal hlt heating overnight, so all cholrine would likely be gone regardless.
  9. oakbarn

    English Ales - What's your favorite recipe?

    I always try to buy at a LBS. The $ you save today will cost you later. Support your local business!
  10. oakbarn

    English Ales - What's your favorite recipe?

    I like things traditional. I use UK Pale Ale malts for my bitters. I use British Yeasts. I use hops like Target for the bittering. I use Kent Goldings for flavor. I have had to switch between Pale Ale Malts as Paul's is no longer available. I would suspect that there is more difference by...
  11. oakbarn

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    First, I want to acknowlege @RiverCityBrewer who greatly helped me getting Node Red up and running. A Node-red flow to create a .csv file of a mash temp with time every minute. The global element I used was named DX_gblV_Mash_Temp_DE In addition, I have a folder C:\BruControl\NodeRedData To...
  12. oakbarn

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    An .mdf file is a standard Microsoft Database file that holds data FROM your globals. It has nothing else in it except instances of those global values transferred from BruControl to the .mdf file. It is a one way steet. Data from a BruControl Global to the mdf file. As an example. if you...
  13. oakbarn

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Here is graphic of the process to find youractive file:
  14. oakbarn

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    If you are using default.brucfg, rename it to something meaningful to you. When you install BruControl, it will try to create a default.brucfg. I do not think it would overwrite yours, but better safe than sorry. If you renamed it to WesternBrewery.brucfg, then you would select that in the...
  15. oakbarn

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    I simply do not use the local data as the data base gets too big in a hurry and does cause issues with BruControl. The file you need for your Devices and scripts is normally in your C:/Documents/BruControl folder. It has a name that ends in .brucfg. You may have more than one file in the...
  16. oakbarn

    Nicknames for your fermenter?

    I am copying those! I have a third so I have to come up with it's name.
  17. oakbarn

    Nicknames for your fermenter?

    Years ago (1970s) one of my fellow pilots was flying back from Italy to our base in England. He would have normally used the Callsignof "Stead 34":, but he got the idea to be "Wantoo 34". He go ointo a bit of trouble because the base did not now where he was because of the callsign. This...
  18. oakbarn

    Nicknames for your fermenter?

    I had a 75 g HLT that one of the Brew Group named "Big Mac". Our second 45 g Brew Kettle became "Little Mac".
  19. oakbarn

    Bittering hops

    Generally I follow the recipe I have for bitter hops. It would be cheaper to use Magnum but.....
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