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Go get yourself an old refrigerator (often for the "price" of just hauling it away) and a Dual-Stage Temperature Controller (Control Products TC-9102D-HV on eBay [see below] or Ranco for about twice the price). Wrap your carboy up in a heating blanket (or FermWrap), plug that into the heating...

Nothing beats a German Koelsch in the summer... I have 10 gallons in the keg, and will brew another 10 gallons tomorrow to put on the yeast cake!!

Excellent answer!!! Thanks for that!! :) If the 0.5A laod is not relevant to our applications, it would appear that most of the 24VAC transformers used in these applications would work to drive 2 or 3 gas valves. I purchased the Honeywell AT72D transformer that puts out 40AV at 100% power, and...

I guess my question was more related to whether the heat anticipator setting (0.5A) actually needs to be considered in the calculations, and whether the draw is on whenever the gas valve is open.

I just went into my gallery and found a pic that shows the heat shields... You can see the two shields, one wrapped around each burner.

Humm... I have the same question, and found your post in my search. Did you ever get an answer, or decide on a solution?

I have each of the burners surrounded by a 20" W x 20" D x 6" H square (e.g., 80" circumference) of 0.096" sheet-metal bolted to the wood frame on the four corners. The wood doesn't even get warm, and I usually rest my fingers between the heat shield and the 2x4's. Remember, heat rises, so the...

I do it routinely, using a small outlet expander (expanding 1 outlet into 3 outlets). The only issue I occasionally worry about is that whichever one of your carboys has the thermocouple attached is the one that gets to decide whether BOTH Fermwraps are on or off. The scientist in me says that...

I have a 2mm-thick aluminum heat shield (bent into a 20" square, and 6" tall)bolted 1.5 inches away from the wood that wraps around each of the two Hurricane burners mounted in my stand. The wood right behind the heat shield doesn't even get warm. Remember, heat rises - it really doesn't want to...

If you're running Honeywells, they are almost certainly adjustable. My VR8200A Continuous Pilot Gas Valves have a recessed pressure adjustment cap cover that protects/hides the adjustment screw. The screw itself sits on top of a spring that gets replaced when you convert the valve from natural...

They come with everything needed... Just connect it up to the exit port on the valve, and adjust away... I have two gas valves, and both were quite aways off, despite following the installation instructions. Cost??? Hey... You gotta stop and think, just how cool would this tool be in your...

TrickyDick... what you need is a Man-o-Meter... I mean, a manometer http://www.amazon.com/UEi-Instruments-EM151-Electronic-Manometer/dp/B000OUV2D0 http://www.amazon.com/Fieldpiece-SDMN5-Dual-Port-Manometer/dp/B000UV0F9U/ref=sr_1_6?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1367188222&sr=1-6&keywords=manometer I have...

As it happens, my motor states that all I have to do is switch em, and it'll reverse directions. I haven't actually tried it yet, but I'll run with the label for now. As for the terminal blocks, yeah, I get a little carried away at times... I hate wire nuts!!! ;). Thanks for the (had to be...

Wiring schematic for a 3-position selector switch used as a DPDT On-Off-On switch to reverse a mill motor

Wiring schematic for using a 3-Position Selector Switch and 4 Normally-Open contacts as a DPDT switch to reverse a 1/3 hp electric motor

What would we do without weekends?? :) OK, sometimes I need someone to slap me upside the head and repeat over and over... "listen to what I said!!!" I thought about the 4 NO contacts, and finally decided to try and flip my thought process 90 degrees... gee, NOW I GET IT!!! I drew up a...

I'm trying to hook up an old 1/3hp Delta Milwaukee Band Saw Motor (NF-60A040) I pulled off of eBay, running it through a Baldor 10:1 speed reducer to a Monster Mill, hence the need to be able to reverse it. The motor clearly states that it is reversible, but doesn't offer a wiring diagram on...

No, I'm trying to wire a reversible AC motor to run forward and reverse, with center off. I guess I'm more visual... A normal DPDT toggle switch has 2 banks of 3 terminals, or maybe more correctly, 3 banks of paired terminals. NO/NC contacts only have a pair of terminals. So, do I stack three of...

Yeah, my thought was there was maybe some combination of NO/NC contacts that might allow me to emulate a DPDT, but I'm still scratching my head on what that combination is, and then there's the wiring... ;)

I'm scratching my head trying to figure out if I can somehow wire up a 3-position selector switch (e.g., some combination of NO or NC) as a DPDT to control a reversible 120VAC 1/3hp motor on my mill. I use these switches to control other elements in my system, and I'd like to maintain the...