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I found some dude on eBay. Supposedly I have bought them at a reasonable price (read: the price I paid was reasonable, hopefully they stack up). Until they show up at my front door I am skeptical but so far little cause for concern. I tried alibaba.com and found the site to be confusing and the...

Ok wise-acres. I am talking about the Embedded Control Concepts temp controller. I am mainly looking for feedback on how hard it is to wire up, reliability, support, etc. Yes, I live in the South and recognize that there is another hallowed institution that uses the same acronym, but I would...

Jon, Few more questions. Hope you don't mind... It looks like what you did was come straight off the SSR to a 3 prong plug and then just plugged the pumps and solenoids directly in like a normal plug. Is that correct? If so, how did you figure wire gauge to handle the load? Also, I have been...

I am getting ready to pull the trigger on converting my current single tier system in a BCS controlled system. Does anyone here have any thoughts or opinions on the BCS?

I am kicking myself right now for not ordering the valves six months ago, but I didn't have the money at the time. Now that I do, I can't seem to find any at reasonable prices. Anyone know of any other dealers?

So there may not be stupid questions, buy there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots. This probably falls in that category... I recently got my own barley crusher. However, I have been less than impressed with it until recently. The thing that made the difference is running my drill slower than...

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Can you point out a place to get them that cheap? My Google-fu is failing me today.

+1 on the paint strainer. I rigged up something that holds the paint strainer sandwiched between two pieces of PVC so it can dangle down into wort and then it sits on top of the brew kettle with some all thread I drilled into the PVC. I saw it somewhere on the intertubes but I can't remember...

I was looking at JonW's thread on his brew rig and came up with a general question (I'm sure he could answer it, but I am trying to not to bother him too much since I will surely be bothering him more later :mug:). What would be the reasoning behind choosing between a solenoid and a...

Thanks for the quick reply. Any chance of getting a wiring schematic? Especially the bits on the bottom of the stand and how you connect it all to the BCS?

First off, gorgeous rig dude. I am looking at ideas for how to update mine and I think I may borrow liberally from your design. Hope you don't mind. I do have one quick question. My current rig was painted with (I guess) high temp rattle can paint by the person I bought it off. Does the powder...

I should probably also add that after a couple of home brews my frustration subsided greatly. :D

The problem I keep running into is clogs in the line from the MT and vapor in the BK lines during the boil. The problem with the MT seems to be with the false bottom because I can take the line from the HLT and 'blow' it loose. I have some theories on the BK but they are educated guesses at...

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I like my current rig but it has some fundamental issues that are driving me nuts. First off, the pumps are near impossible to get primed. I blame this entirely on how they are positioned and mounted. That is easy enough to fix. However...my primary beef is with the silicon tubing I am using. I...

Specifically, non-beer related stuff/services.

I know we home brewers can't sell our beer, but is it legal to trade/barter?

Just as a word from the learned, I ran into this with a cream stout a few months ago. I noticed that the airlock had kraussen coming out only 12 hours after pitching, so I new it was going to be a problem. I ran down to the local supply store and picked up some 1 1/4OD vinyl tube and rigged up a...

I just recently became the owner of an old freezer hooked up to a Johnson control and I have a n00b question that I am sure will spark off some kind of flame war. I noticed today that I have my controller set at 68F but according to the thermometer sticker on the side of my carbouy (and we...