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I was lucky enough to pick a an upright freezer which has a built in defrost heating element under the cooling coil. I hooked the defrost element up to the "heating" side of my temp controller (after removing/bypassing the defrost timer widget). This allows me to heat my fermentor while...

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I have the 14 gallon model and love the tri-clamps. Makes it easy to thoroughly clean/sanitize your fermentor, the one piece of equipment where sanitation matters most in the brewing process, IMHO.

I would worry about aluminum corrosion in a stainless kettle, especially for such a fine item as a wire mesh. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_corrosion#Lasagna_cell...

It won't pose a health problem but will probably corrode fairly rapidly.

Don't think CaCl should improve your efficiency but your yeast should be MUCH more healthy if your water is so low in minerals.

All Munich should be fine...especially without any other caramel malts.

3-4 feet in normal beer lines (3/16") is only a little over and ounce of beer. However, if it's warm and foams up, it will feel like more.

Seems like it would work, but not sure what kind of power sockets are included?

Correction...I measured it when I got home. Its 4.5x4.5x4.5". Wall thickness is 0.25" so it is 4x4x4" on the inside.

It's 4"x4"x6". Got it at Lowes for about $11.

I used a mono 2.5mm jack and plug I picked up at my local electronics store. Isolated Panel Mount 2.5mm Mono Jack Unicorn Electronics Philmore 2.5mm Stereo Plug I don't think the added metal affects these probes in any way, and the temps still seem to be spot on.

Monster Taps

Freezementor Temp Controller

Freezementor Power Relays

...based on the many helpful posts in this thread. I was able rig my freezer to use its defrost heater for heat (rarely needed), which allowed me to keep the interior of the freezer "clean". I rigged the fan to go on when either the compressor or heater is activated, using a couple 120V...

My daughter gave a boxed set of DVD's a few years ago containing the three "monster" movies from old hollywood. The set contained the monster busts on small pedestals. I removed the bases, and rigged the taps from them. They were surprisingly high quality busts considering the price of the...

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