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Okay, 3 power supplies it is...

Nice, looks like they have pretty good turnaround! I placed an order yesterday for 2 custom 30gal kettles as well as 2 15gal unitanks. The sales rep said if it didn't ship within a week she'd give me an update! Pretty excited! Oh and my steam slayer and 2 riptides pumps, amongst other things...

So from what I'm looking at I can run pretty much everything on the DC side with 24v, so I purchased a 24v power supply that should be more than sufficient. My only concern is that the arduino itself requires 12v to power it up. I can get a small 12v power supply, but it looks like it's only...

So I received some of my stuff today. One of the things was the female XLR panel plugs and the male XLR cable plugs. I was expecting to solder these to the cables, but the ends on both of them are not what I was expecting. This picture is something I pulled off google that shows the internal...

I'm not 100% sure what you're saying, but what I've seen is that there is a cutout in the enclosure that is smaller than the heatsink, but big enough to attach the SSRs. In the enclosure are screw holes that line-up with tapped holes in the heatsink. Does that make sense?

Looks like it's on like donkey kong!

About how many amps does an automated system draw on the low voltage side? My current PID based system can draw around 47A when 2 pumps and 2 5500W elements are all going. My GFCI breaker is rated for 50A so I'm worried that the valves in particular might push me right to that limit, although I...

I'll be doing a lot of this soon so I'll be interested in this thread.

Certainly not trying to project my own experiences onto you. And of course you are free to build your panel however you'd like and there's nothing at all wrong with the keyswitch for main power, as it is essentially the standard people follow based on Kal's original design. Hopefully I didn't...

The whole keyed switch thing is for show, imho. You want security, pull the plug out of the wall. I've had a 50a panel for years, no one has felt the need to just randomly start pushing buttons on it. But whatever, a keyed switch is cheap, if it makes you feel better get one.

Purchasing has begun. Still need to work out details of my Spike custom kettles but I think they're done for the weekend, but that order should go out early next week. Haven't ordered the enclosure yet or most of the stuff that will go in it. That should be done by Monday. Major unboxing will...

What are the dimensions of the enclosure and do you mind saying where you got it. I figure it's better to have extra space than not enough.

Are those to connect to both valves and temp probes? Maybe other stuff, too?

Yeah, that stuff is really nice and has a price to match! I doubt I could spend that high, but I'm going to 15G batches so I need bigger than a 20G MT and BK. BrunDog, have you soldered on fittings to the bottom of your kettles? If so, could a reasonably skilled albeit completely inexperienced...

I will likely add another temp probe or two, but none that will need a port welded onto the kettles, so they aren't in this drawing.

So Spike Brewing DOES NOT weld fitting to the bottom of the vessel or to the lid. They do sell spare lids if you want. This is a basic sketch of my plumbing and the ports I plan to have added to my vessels. The element ports and the pressure sensor ports will be on the back side of the vessel...

Thanks! It's certainly a bit more pricey but in the end simpler and less expensive than adding a bypass loop. I did try to find something similar in 1/2" but haven't found anything

Might this work? https://www.omega.com/pptst/FTB2000.html Description The FTB2000 series Hall-effect turbine flowrate sensor is ideal for OEM applications involving low flow liquid monitoring. The low cost, coupled with 1 /2 % repeatability, makes it an ideal candidate for replacing...

I'm going to post a sketch of my planned plumbing layout soon. Hopefully tonight.

I think I'll be okay. I'll use one on the input to the RIMS tube and another one the output side of a 3-way valve that will be going to the fermenter, so will only see chilled wort. Edit, maybe not... I'm not thinking about pre-boiling the strike water. I don't want to add a bypass around the...