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I just realized my schematic doesn't show the contactor where nostalgia and I are suggesting. I'll redraw my schematic in the morning to show it the right way.

That's some great work! Nice job. What are you using as a dripcatch under the faucets?

I would also suggest to put the SSRs behind the relays. Any reason why you're running a second breaker for your 110V stuff as opposed to just taking one of your legs from the 220V breaker and wiring that through to your pumps? I'm doing something similar to you. Here's my schematic:

Well the BCS-462 arrived yesterday. I played around with it a bit and it seems great. I started to put together an enclosure for my kegerator tonight. Picked up a $16 box from home depot and a few other odds and ends. The upper plug will output to a lightbulb to provide heat in my kegerator...

I think the biggest issue you'll encounter is trub from the kettle clogging your flow. I built a cfc recently and tried and failed to gravity feed it from 4 feet above the chiller. Make sure you've either got filtered wort running into it and/or think about investing in a pump. Another thing to...

I third the above posters. I have a 62qt bayou classic, and id definitely prefer to let gravity (or a pump) move that liquid weight around for me via a ball valve. I picked up all of my fittings and a step drill bit from bargainfittings.com and used some thread cutting oil to keep things cool...

I picked up a bayou classic 62qt for $120 on amazon. I'm sure the smaller volume pots are equally well priced for what they are.

Last couple things I ordered from China took 10 business days or less. OK for me since I won't have a power up date until March on the 220V parts of the control panel (the switch being part of that).

Not a bad deal you got on those. I might check those out if I need more. Just put in a few orders for more odds and ends. Will probably have (3) 3 pos maintained switches (NO-NC-NO) more than I need, since the place in china sold only a 4 pack. Also have the missing heatsinks on the way...

How about a momentary switch at the bottom of the motors run to reverse the motor?

The SSRs were 10.25 each and the heatsinks were 11.00 each. This is the listing on eBay. You have to add each item to your order separately because for whatever odd reason you can't get the combination of the heatsink and the 25A AC SSR. The seller is in Michigan, so it was quicker shipping than...

Your diagram is what i started with! Thanks!

I'm sure it could be done. I think the concern might be whether or not you could effectively clean and sanitize those little pumps. Definitely a cool idea, though. Keep us posted. The capper might be a little more difficult because of the amount of mechanical force required to properly cap a...

6 SSRs and 1 heatsink showed up today (i ordered 5 SSRs and 4 heatsinks. gotta love ebay). Hopefully the BCS-462 shows up this week so i can get dual stage temp control going on it! (and the seller on ebay rectifies the situation with the missing heatsinks)

Well, made some more progress on the build. I'll consolidate my brew rig's progress to this thread too. Here's the brew rig with the pump installed. It's a chugger pump that we bought from USApumps on ebay. I've never used any other pumps so i can't compare, but this thing works very well. It's...

It's really up to you. I was going to go the way that Kal went, and for the most part will still be taking a lot of his ideas. But I do like the ability to monitor and track my stuff remotely. I'll be adding two stage temperature (heat/cool) control to my kegerator and will be doing the same...

its up to you. i got 5 brand new ones with 4 new heatsinks for $90 shipped. i guess it depends on what you are running. I'd rather not have a failure occur during a brewday, because murphy's law always prevails...

Here's a couple mock-ups of the brewhaüs.... Basically going to be taking an unfinished bay of my barn/garage/workshop and finishing it. The main brewroom will be climate controlled to allow for winter brewing (and prevent freezing of equipment etc.). A fermentation chamber (on the right behind...

I'll have to look into how to mount the SSRs up with the heatsinks outside the box. BCS-462 and a couple of probes are on order. First phase is to set up 2 stage temperature control for my kegerator via the compressor and a 60 watt bulb I have inside. Eventually once I get some more money and...

Looking good!