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You're talking about the flow sensors? Humm, I'll have to find a different solution for the BK then.

My biggest concern right now is making sure I get all the ports I need on my new kettles. I hope to post a sketch of my plumbing tomorrow and get some feedback so that I can put my order in at Spike by the end of the week. I plan to move pretty quick on this build.

The flow meters I've seen you mention are cheap enough I can give it a go. Not sure if I'll mount them directly to the output of the kettles or the input to the pump, but I figure once the flow drops I can shut off the pumps and be okay.

Does anyone know if using a flow meter to stop draining a kettle is a viable option? I plan to use the hydrostatic pressure sensors sold by brundog to determine kettle volume (will tell me when to stop filling, among other things), but they will be side-mounted, so there will be at least a few...

Do you know the mineral content of your tap water? Hard to adjust your water if you don't know what you're adjusting.

I'm planning on mounting what is basically a SS HERMS coil to one of the kettle lids. Since I plan to pre-boil my strike water (LODO) I will place it there to chill the strike water back to mash-in temps. Then I'll use it as an immersion chiller. My beloved Z-Chiller CFC will be moving on...

Yeah the cleanup factor is the biggest thing pushing me towards the TC fitting for the drain. I emailed Spike to see if they will weld a TC flange to the bottom of the kettle, but I've read elsewhere that they won't.

I brew in my garage currently but I don't really have it built out as a full on brewery. I purchased a nice deep sink over a year ago with a pre-wash spray nozzle. I'll be getting that set-up finally. I also have two 55 gallon plastic drums that I'll use to store water. One will be pure RO...

The plan is to use BrunDog's Quadzilla element in the RIMS tube. The RIMS tube itself will be from brewhardware.com. I'm going to be placing a pretty heafty order at brewhardware. I'll also be getting 2 blichmann riptide pumps and for the boil kettle I will use one of their 5500W ULWD ripple...

I'm very excited to get started building a new home brewery. I've been brewing 10 gal batches on an eHERMS system I built a few years ago. I'm selling that and starting fresh on a 15 gal batch 2 vessel RIMS system. I should start buying stuff this week. I want to throw my ideas out there and...

Yeah, fuel flavors are not infection. That's something yeast do when they get too hot.

I'd have to see where this mold actually was. Do you recirculate hot (nearly boiling) wort through that ball valve before using it for whirlpool? Do you transfer cool wort through this ball valve? Was it actually mold? I've seen thread tape turn dark after use, especially the gray kind that's...

The ones you sell look very nice (a plus for me) and seem like they will give me the kind of functionality I want without too much additional hassle. Since I'll be adopting some LODO techniques as I build this new system out I don't want something that can't be used without the lid on. I'm...

That shouldn't be necessary.

I'm looking for a solution to determine how full each vessel is primarily to tell the system when to stop filling, specifically for filling strike water and then when to stop filling the boil kettle once I've reached my desired pre-boil volume. It will change from batch to batch, so a...

The ones I'm asking about are the ones listed on the Brucontrol website for $160 each, so probably not going to use 15 of them, lol.

Damn, 15 pressure sensors?

So do you use the pressure sensor for kettle volume? On both kettles? On your proportional valves, do they just go to a predetermined position or do they get feedback? And if I'm asking answered questions I'm sorry. I'm still doing a lot of reading but as I sketch out things I run into these...

I believe there are countless HERMS build threads in the "electric brewing" section, which is probably a better place to be unless you're specifically looking for information regarding automating a HERMS system. What is it you want to see? A great resource for extremely detailed information...

Are people typically using flowmeters to determine kettle volume? The BruControl website lists a snazzy looking pressure sensor. Not cheap, but seems like a good solution although a bit pricey. Just wondering what people's thoughts are and if anyone is using it. If I did use it I imagine I'd...