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Can these things be calibrated? Or do they even need to be calibrated?

And yes I am looking at a SSR output

It appears that this PID can be either SSR and relay output and it is a few dollars cheaper and the resolution can go down to .1F with pt100 sensor. IM I right?

I am getting ready to upgrade my system with a E-HLT/ future upgrade to HERMS. I am going to use a 4500 - 5500 watt element and I am look at this PID. It comes with a K type thermocoupler but I am looking at a Pt100 sensor for a better resolution. Is this a good choice? Any inputs would be...

I brewed my first barleywine yesterday. I knew, it being a big beer OG of 1.114, I was going to have poor efficiencies. But Im use to getting around 80% this time I only got 54% :(. So I had to add 3 lbs of DME. But on a good note, I had good strong fermentation in less than 5 hours, and it...

SWMBO at Mickey Finns... She knows good beer.

FG for hefes should be 1.010 - 1.014. Sounds like it is done, but to be sure do another reading in a couple of days to be sure it is done.

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sure if you have a rimms or a herms. I just dont know how much r value that is going to have, but it wouldnt matter if you had one of those systems anyway. (at least so I be told) I would test it out first if you dont, see how much heat it can retain. I would say it is not going to be able to...

I wouldn't try fly sparging in a rectangle MLT at all (if that is what you have). I did an experiment with this before using a manifold that covered most of the bottom. Found out all of the grain on the opposite side of the drain did not get rinsed from the sparge at all. I believe you must have...

So If your so worried about plastic, did you make sure your water lines are not PVC and that you dont buy your coke or water in plastic? Do you use styrofoam plates? Do you use any copper in your setup? I would be more worried about that than plastic. Copper when exposed to something acidic...

I found this article very interesting. It amazed me because this area has been more known for vineyards, in fact it is inbetween a wine trail. And just recently we had a micro brewery open up just a few miles away from that hop farm with a rumor of another.

I do not want to automate at all. I dont want a neat gadget, I just want to brew good beer. The expense and time would take away from that. I want a herms in the future to: 1 better control temps, 2 to recirculate to get clearer wort that I think would improve my beers. Because Im not going to...

I dont agree with your cons on using a cooler mlt. 1st. No way to direct fire no, but would work great for a rimms or herms system. would work great for this because it would be much easier to control the temps. 2nd Even though I do agree it is not as durable as keggle it is not going...

Also I want to change my MLT cause my cooler is a rectangle cooler, i want a round MLT so I can some day go with a HERMS some day to correct temp changes and the other benefits, now I am tired of adding boiling water to correct these changes. Does anyone else have issues of losing temps in a...

Thanks for this thread. I am in the same boat on this one. My setup is still primitive at this point: Keggle for a BK, cooler for a MLT, and a cheap 5 gallon pot for a HLT. But I am getting ready for some upgrades: a E-HLT keggle with electronic controls and maybe a new MLT. But I get awesome...