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Never heard of the guy. Im in Canada so our situation with trades are a bit different. Our reading material we use is provided by the college where we do our training and after the apprenticeship is done, personally, I just go to seminars and classes provided by the manufacturers and wholesalers...

The math is sound. The only problem will be initially getting your beer temp down. You need a lot more capacity to change the temp of something as dense as beer than you do to maintain it. 64W is only capable of dropping 25L of water 1.3 degrees C. per hour. PLUS cooling required to absorb...

Its hard to do this calculation properly since there are so many contributing factors but lets give it a shot. Quoting rocketman768 "Let's assume 5 gal (19L), 12 plato, OG = 1.050, and that all of the sugar is consumed. We have 19 * 1.050 * 0.12 = 2.394 kg of equivalent glucose which is...

You have to main problems with using a freezer as a cooler. Firstly is short-cycling which is what you are describing. Having a compressor turn on and off too frequently is damaging. However, in my experience, this is not really a problem because insulation factor is quite high and thus your box...

Heres a terrible drawing I did to wire 240V from two 120V outlets.

Those are expensive considering you could make your own with a few plugs and connectors from a hardware store and a volt meter/multimeter. In a rental situation where adding new circuits isn't practical I would usually suggest either; getting an adapter plug to your electric oven/electric dryer...

What gap does everyone use for their mills?

These controls are factory calibrated. They are not meant to be field calibrated. The only thing you could do is try and free the dial and then adjust it to a known temp and then re-secure it. Or cover the marks on the dial and just write in your own. Otherwise, get a better controller. Also...

I would stick with the chest freezer or mini fridge. A mini fridge will last longer at normal ale temps but a chest freezer will still last a long time and with something like a Johnson Controls A419 you get temp accuracy to 1 degree which is more than adequate. Peltier units are power hungry...

Yeah thats basically what I was thinking. I tried to draw it with text but it didnt turn out right :( A few feet of SS tubing, a pump and some fittings would be all you need. Im just not sure how these pumps handle solid particles. The magnetic drive one should be okay but maybe using some...

Thanks for the reply. I will definitely try stirring the mash more frequently to see what happens. As for milling, I have basically been using my barley crusher at fairly close to the default; around .040. I haven't changed it much since i'v been using my BM as it was what worked best on my old...

Forgive my laziness but I dont want/have time to read through 200 pages of BM info. Hopefully I'm not repeating too much. Iv done a few dozen brews on my 20L BM and I have figured out how to work with it to get good beer for the most part. Here are my two problems: 1) High gravity beers: The...

Just an FYI for Canadians. A fair amount of duty and taxes are charged for product from bargainfittings. I used the USPS>CP shipping option as that is usually the cheapest in additional fees compared to other couriers (in my experience). My order was ~$220 shipped and had to pay an...