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so, collecting parts for my stir plate while I fabricate my housing and need to know, one hard drive magnet or 2 button magnets? Happen to have both, in my mind a single one would be easier to center but the dual button may create a better polarity difference. I've got a variety of stir bars on...

Thanks John, I'm planning on using a 10 gal igloo mash ton so it's even more important that I don't gouge the sides. I'll be routering a hardwood bezel to trim out the paddle end with. Thanks for the tip! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

So, thought I'd contribute my home made mash paddle. I work as a lead CAD designer and CNC programmer at a sheet metal shop so I had resources at my fingertips! Still need to weld it up this weekend but its my inspiration for all grain. I plan on polishing it and rounding all of the edges...

Brazen! I'm soooo ready for a solution to this problem! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I still don't know how the leaky forward seal and the bonnet leak were even overlooked in the design and testing on their end. It's almost as if they never even did any tests. I find it hard to believe that any home brewer would sign up for this lab rat experiment. If there are still faulty...

So it looks like it will be even longer of a wait until we see a resolution to this mess, below is an email I received from the CHI Company regarding a need for test subjects. I feel like I've already been a test subject as they obviously have been relying on the consumer to test products which...

I'll have to re email them, I'm to the point now where I'm unhooking my connectors after every pour since the bonnets are leaking so much. I can't believe this wasn't addressed as an issue with the 1st revision.

Yeah, I keep it set at 38* so it should be carbed up, maybe its just different from beer. Its my first cider I've kegged. Hopefully its got enough time before a christmas party in 2 weeks.

Yes, for the record, the CHI company has been a great company to deal with and must say that they are trying to stand behind the products they carry which is more that I can about most companies these days! I may send out another email to them regarding the bonnet leaks and see if I may be able...

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with 6 faulty faucets. Even with the forward seal seamingly fixed with the new seals they sent I have a harder time overlooking the leaking bonnets. At least I could make sure the faucet was not leaking when it was the fwd seal issue. Now that the bonnets leak...

I'm having the same issue regarding carbonation retention. Curious to see what the solution to this is as well. Seems like it's carbed up when pouring as it acts like a soda pouring from a can but when it settles out after 30 seconds it seems flat. CO2 has been set at 17PSI for 2 weeks and...

Welp, went to pull a pint after work from the faucet I replaced last night and looks like the leaky bonnet issue is still a problem. I had a sticky syurp trail from around the bonnet to the bottom of the faucet and a nice collection of it in my drip tray directly below. Here's my fair warning...

The one revised faucet I installed last night seems to be a lot smoother than the previous three I received. I'm not sure if it's just a "luck of the draw" type thing because one of the three I got in the original batch worked and functioned flawlessly, and the other two had either a leaky...

So I arrived home from work to find a padded envelope in my mail box, I reached in and noticed that it felt quite a bit heavier than what I expected a couple of revised seals to be. It turns out that the CHI Company sent me three NEW Rev.1.1 faucets! In addition to 6 updated seals to repair my...

Bottling is the reason I'm building a mobile kegerator for a christmas party. Even for just "away" events it's worth it to avoid bottling...

I don't get it either, I'm a high precision CAD designer and CNC machine programmer and the quality of the cut/ feed rate look good, I believe it's got to do with tolerance and mating of the seals. I clean my faucets every time I have a keg change and it never posed a problem with my old fwd...

Replacement parts are on the way to me. I'll report back with what shows up and how it differs from the original seal. Crossing my fingers but not getting my hopes up.

Looks like I'll have to contact them and get a band aid to the problem. I bought mine in August, thanks for pointing that out to me, that's unnerving that this problem is affecting the Ventmatics as well. I was disappointed with the quality of the Ventmatic the moment I took them out if the box...

So flash back to my days when I didn't home brew... I bought a kegerator conversion kit from beverage factory with a simple Krome rear sealing faucet. I ran about 20 half barrel comercial kegs through it without a hitch or a drippy seal, I didn't even have the sticky faucet syndrome...

Woah!!! Totally stoked so many of you think its cool! Thanks for all the nice compliments, as for if I'm going to make more, I don't know, I try not to make any hobby into a job, I've done that before and it burnt me out on my passion. So I wouldn't want to do that again! I may go ahead and get...