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    Add Maple Sap to Brewtarget

    Call up fermentables panel by clicking on the wheat icon then right click any where in the panel to get a flyout with the choices new, copy, delete, export import. Hover over new to get a flyout containing fermentable and folder. Click on fermentable and fill in the blanks.
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    Wheat question

    I alway rinse my glassware before I pour and don't had a head retention with other brews. I alway use a starter and the carb level is appropriate for an English ale The. Problem is not that I don't get a head it's that it rapidly disappears (pour the beer nice head, do a quick rinse of the...
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    Wheat question

    I brewed a great tasting Dark English Mild but was disappointed on two points. First the brew was a little thin and second the head disappeared in a nanosecond. My thought was to add a wee bit (2%) of wheat to address both issues. Having not brewed with wheat before, I am not sure of what kind...
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    Cheap compact wort pump

    Except when I'm cleaning my system I seldom run my 12v pump at full throttle so why convert to 24v? Just curious when they either break or die.
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    Your plate chiller probably isn't as clean as you might think!

    Is there any reason why you couldn't run it through the Cleaning cycle of a self cleaning oven, then flush the ash out?
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    PH Meter Replacement

    I have to ask, in the grand scheme of things will it make a real difference in the beer if the ph is 5.2, 5.3 or 5.4. Is the goal to be precise or just to get into the proper range for good beer.
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    Good low budget dry hopper...

    Try dental floss, the flat kind. Strong and thin.
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    Good low budget dry hopper...

    Nice. How much hops will it hold. Do you sanitize it before you load it?
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    Diy pid controller

    I guessed that he was going to heat more than tea water. For most of our (home brewers) applications a 25A is being run at near the top of its capacity which could shorten its life. Guilty as charged of an assumption.
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    Crazy boiling after reaching setpoint

    The point I was trying to make is that my rig also heated and held mash temp but when I set it to boil the SSR stuck closed and the element stayed on just like your situation. At this time the heat sink was extremely hot. If I shut my system off then restarted it after a few seconds it would...
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    Diy pid controller

    The 25A SSR is marginal. Find something with a 40A SSR.
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    Crazy boiling after reaching setpoint

    Agree on the SSR failure had the same issue. Try shutting the system down for a few seconds then restart at 60% to see if it restarts ok. If so then your SSR is probably overheating. I solved my issue with a fan on the heat sink.
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    BG 5 pts under, but OG 20 pts under!

    I don't believe any refractometer comes calibrated. You at least need to check that it is zeroed with some distilled water.
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    Brewtarget 2.0 Update

    Remember this annoying little glitch, well when I went over to Windows 10 it disappeared, so it looks like this was an issue with windows 8. NealM
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    Brewtarget 2.0 Update

    Have you ever done a backup of your database, then do a restore from this. If not then search your computer for a file called "database.sqlite", this is your database data. Open BT click File>options>directories tab and find out where this file should be, then close BT take the file you found...
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    PID/SSR with SSVR power control

    And with the inputs selectable with a switch between a PID and a variable resistor. NealM
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    PID/SSR with SSVR power control

    in my setup I use a SSR and a VSSR with the outputs wired in parallel with the
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    PID Parameter help

    Duplicate
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    PID Parameter help

    What was your process of "tweaking" and where did you start?
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    My stupid hydrometer and refractometer disagree with each other

    If the sugar solution is 10% by weight shouldn't you be adding 135g of water to 15g sugar. 15g in 150g is a 9.09%. Nealm
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