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Welcome to HBT from an Edmonds area brewer.

an interesting read about a shipwreck salvaged beer

We are also working under the impression that your Ebay refractometer reads in brix. Some are designed to be used for antifreeze or salt water aquariums.

copper shines up real nice with a slightly acidic solution. try some star san and a sponge.

I would also recomend getting a refractometer. I use this chart from More Beer to check my FG. I check with a hydrometer every now and then but so far the chart seems to be close enough.

Nice diagram of the wiring. I have just one question. Why do you have two relays? You only need one per element.

Try the Red hook brewery in Woodinville. they might do tours. I also second stopping by Naked City. Mac and Jacks does tours on Sunday.

can you take the hinge off of the top? You might be able to lift the bottom hinge out and open it that way.

The only thing that comes to mind is that a small leak may not be enough to show up on the flow meter. An easy way to check is hook up an empty keg, put 20 psi on it and then close the valve on the CO2 tank. Check in an hour. If the regulator still shows 20 psi you are leak free.

look at the cap on the bottle. Twist offs usually have little arrows pointing to the right. You can also see if the crimp mark is parallel around the circumference or if it slopes up to the right. My fiancée thinks I'm nuts when I check the bottles of a beer I haven't purchased before.

when you do buy a commercial beer you check to make sure that they are not twist offs. and if they are you put them back on the shelf.

I ferment in my corny kegs. Can't break them, they are light tight and can rack to serving keg with C02. As stated above, trash the cracked carboy. Not only is it a injury waiting to happen, the crack could potentially harbor bacteria.

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Tell them that you brew coffee in the morning...:D

many places sell secondary regulators. Here is one example.

I think thats a hard question to answer. Different buffing wheels wear down at different rates depending on the material being buffed and the compound being used, as well as how aggressive the user is. How many kegs do you need to do? Chances are that you will need to replace the wheels...

look at a counter pressure bottling gun. they use CO2 to purge the bottle before filling with beer.

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Welcome to HBT from a fellow Seattleite. +1 for Brouwers and Naked City. Have you read read the Naked City thread? Also Bottleworks in the Wallingford area is a great place to buy beer.