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I've had great luck dropping the keg in the keezer right after racking, set it to 30psi for 48 hours, purge head space and set to serving pressure. In about 4 days its ready to go.

I tried dry hopping in a bag a few times but had problems getting the bag to sink, and it is a huge PITA to get the bag out of the carboy. Now I just dump the hops in loose, then use a hop bag/grain bag over the sucking end of an auto-siphon to filter out any hop particles, works great!

If you used soft water for your test, it may be build-up that is flaking off the element. When I built/tested my eHLT, I forgot to bypass the water softener and within a few minutes had white build up covering the entire element. 15 batches later it is still chipping away, but it has a nice...

I'll be damned. Found it. Ill have to give it a try when ill be around the house longer to monitor the temps.

Couldn't find a set screw on mine. Maybe under a metal casing? Project for another day.

Never would have thought of that. Would this work on older freezers? is there any risk of permanently damaging anything? If I can do that I'll use this TC on a fermentation chamber...

Works like a charm. So the SV setting (target temp) dosn't really matter? Just the upper and lower limits?

Could you take a look at this? I know, this is a lot of information, but... For some reason the Bb on table 3 is not present on the controller... Note 1: 0: Relay J1 Alarm output; SSR Disabled, normally used for upper lower limit alarm trigger control. 1: Relay J1 PID...

So these are my three options, is option 0 essentially on/off control? 0: Relay Alarm output; SSR Disabled, normally used for upper lower limit alarm trigger control. 1: Relay J1 PID controlled output: SSR Disabled. Contact controlled output. 2: Relay J1 as alarm output; SSR PID controlled...

Will the mechanical relay wear out after a period of time? That's why I was trying to use the ssr output and pid, no moving parts.

Just built a temp controller for the keezer using a cheap JLD7100 temp controller. When i run Auto-Tune it seems to work, but when it finishes, it wants to kick the compressor on and off every few seconds. I just cant figure out how to keep it running until it hits a low setting, then shut off...

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Same thing started happening here in Madison. Temps in my under-stairs cellar started creeping up to 65ish in the last week or so. I was always under the assumption that warmer temps=shorter bottle life, cooler temps=longer bottle life. Personally, I was more comfortable moving them to my...

Probably from the same podcast - BasicBrewingRadio - 3/27/07 About 37 minute mark: "If theres minerals in the water, what will happen over a period of time the minerals will start to win out and it will start to create a hard water soap. Hard water soap will make the product go...

On brew days i bypass my water softener and use our hard tap water. Sometimes I forget to switch back and this hard water makes my starsan cloudy almost instantly. I would usually toss this and mix a new batch with the soft water and its crystal clear. I read in a couple places that hard...

Yea, there would be a SSR in there, I just forgot to draw it... Could using the alarm work both ways? Cooling then alarm triggers heater? Or only heating and alarm triggers cooling? I think over the summer I would be cooling more often.

Its that time of year here in Wisconsin where it was 80deg Sunday and going to be 30deg this weekend. I have a cheap temperature controller that I use for the keezer and it works well, so i bought another one for my fermentation chamber. Since there are huge temperature fluctuations it would...

it is a 36qt (9 gallon) aluminum steamer. i figure i'll wrap it is some sort insulating material and put a weldless bulkhead and valve below the steam shelf..

This pot is about $20 at a local supermarket. That steaming tray sits on the lip about 2" from the bottom, is there anything easy i could do with that tray to make it an effective false bottom? Could I just line it with screen or something? Otherwise its a cheap HLT...

I have been reading these forums for a while before i joined and, you people are the best. I'm new to the brew, have my first amber ale in the fermentor and brewing some wheat tomorrow, I am addicted. This is my new favorite site, and am looking forward to learning alot from everyone.