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Build pictures from my ferm chamber build.

Here's a few closer pics of the inside and one of the inaugural batch fermenting away! I've got my stir plate in there as well, although nothing is on it atm. I can easily fit 4 carboys in the top section alone.

Here's my man cave!

I use a small fountain pump and a backflush adapter. Fill a bucket with water and BLC, throw the faucet in and attach the backflush adapter to the pump. Then take apart the ball lock fitting on and put it in the bucket. Turn on the pump and let it circulate for a couple of minutes. Then I'll put...

After getting tired of changing out frozen bottles in my old chamber I decided it was time to upgrade. Besides not using frozen bottles I also wanted the new chamber to have two different temperature zones and have a much higher capacity than my old chamber. I did quite a bit of research on...

The 30 amp breaker serves a different purpose than a GFCI. Basically a breaker is to help protect the building and equipment while a GFCI is to protect you! Unless your stove plug already has a GFCI, which is unlikely, you should add a GFCI. A few easy ways to do this is by using a spa panel...

The middle section is just a ½” copper tube with a hole drilled in it. The rotating “T” section around it is a standard ½” “T” that has been shortened slightly on both ends as well as hollowed out a little with a dremel tool to allow the middle section to fit through it freely. I cut the...

Yeah the pivot is the key to the design. In mine the ends are soldered together and the pivot piece is between two elbows so it can't come off, the first picture shows this pretty well.

Last year I needed a new MLT but couldn’t find any designs that were fairly cheap and met all my requirements. My previous MLT used a SS braid and due to various issues I wanted something different. I used the Coleman 70-Quart Xtreme Cooler and built a copper manifold. Here were my requirements...

To heat around 10-13 gallons of water from 55 to 180 takes around 30-40 minutes. Great thing with system like this is you just set it and come back and your good, dont have to worry about over shooting your temps. On brew days I'll usually fill the HLT with strikewater, set the temp and then...

1. I use mounted elements and haven’t personally used heatsticks. I did some research on heatsticks when designing my rig but decided to just go straight to mounted elements. Heatsticks provide more flexibility if you will be using different kettles but they are more cumbersome and...

Although I built this box I'm not an electrician and can't tell you exactly why it doesn't need a neutral. I know it needs the two hot lines to get the 220 but not sure on the exacts beyond that. The resistor inline with the epo switch causes a small current leakage which in term pops the gfci...

I'm using an electric system with converted 15 gallon kegs and normally do 10 gallon batches. I'm using 5500w electric elements like the ones Kal uses on theelectricbrewery.com. I havent timed it but i would say boil time on my system is faster than when i used propane. Usually on brew day I...

It's been a while since I last posted so I just wanted to give an update. I replaced the element in the kettle that was giving me problems and it has worked perfectly since then! I have brewed 6 batches so far on this system and absolutly love it! Thanks for all the help jsguitar and P-J...

Hi sredz, sorry I didnt respond earlier, I've been out of town. You could either hardwire it our use plugs. If your running a new line I would recommend wiring that to a 4 wire outlet. Then depending on wether you used a breaker w/GFCI you would either plug the spa panel into that outlet or...