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BrunDog, This is exactly the sort of thing that makes me so excited about BruControl. Can you post your current brew script (or link to where they're posted) so that we can learn from it? I know you've posted some/all of your brew script in the past. If it's largely unchanged, I can just read...

I recently brewed my first batch of beer in almost 4 years, and just dry hopped it with a couple ounces of mosaic hops that have been in my deep freeze, sealed since late 2014. I think they were stored in pretty ideal conditions—it was a full pound, never opened, from Yakima Valley Hops. They...

You like-a da juice? Da juice is good, eh? Edit: I guess context is necessary. I just had the outlet and 50a GFCI breaker installed today.

I found this one on ebay, but I am at least a little bit dubious given that the list price for this sensor is a bit more than $100. I bought it and will report back once I get my panel wired up.

Hi @BrunDog- I grabbed the CR Magnetics current meter from amazon, I'm curious if you've yet identified a similar device to display the voltage to the main input in BruControl. Thanks! -Adam

Finally finished all of the panel cuts. Ugh, that sucked a lot. But at least that means I can move forward!

No real progress to speak of—I put the lights and switches in the user panel, but that was cheating since the holes were already cut. Speaking of that enclosure, @BrunDog, did you use any waterproofing beyond that which came in the box? It seems like water could conceivably sneak in past the...

I probably could/should have given myself another 1/4-1/2" between the 120v outlets and the sensors, since I have a bit more space over on the right where the 240v stuff is. I'll definitely make sure that the wiring of the left-most 120v outlet is nice and tidy. -Adam

Drilling holes... Never wanted a drill press more than right now.

Dry fitting the outlets in the gland plate. My hope is to have all of the holes except for the SSR heat sink on this panel. Also, waiting on 8 more aviation connectors for the space on the left of the plate. Edit. Crap. Forgot the USB connector. Have to find a place for that as well. I think...

@BrunDog- I really like the concept of putting the user-facing elements in a smaller enclosure separate from the main enclosure. I went back and reviewed your build thread and I really like the pre-drilled plastic enclosure you used--so much that I bought one. My only concern is what wire to run...

So in the main BruControl thread I indicated that the first enclosure I bought was probably too small for my purposes. So I bought this one from ebay and it arrived just now. Holy moly it is comically gigantic. I know that once I start putting components (and wires) in there it'll start to feel...

Also (and I think you may have answered this in the main BC thread), is there any reason that I can't put a pressure sensor and thermometer on a tee in the same kettle hole?

I would very much like to emulate your 2-vessel rig, BrunDog. The only limitation is space. I have limited space for my brewery, and my goal is to have my brewery, control panel, fermenter, and fermentation temp control all on this shelving unit. I may have to get the rack to determine whether I...

That's the plan, yes. Since I anticipate primarily making 5g batches, I should really be able to get that strike water up to temperature quickly if I use both the RIMS element and the kettle element simultaneously. There's no kill like overkill, right? :)

Hi HBT! I'm in the planning stages of re-entering homebrewing after taking several years off. The last time I brewed I used a direct fired kettle combined with a plastic cooler mashtun with a 120v RIMS tube for temperature control/stepping. Initially I planned a relatively simple eBIAB...

I don't currently have plans to run more than one fermenter; I agree that it gets much more complicated for multiple fermenters. Happy to be a guinea pig whenever I get my conical set up!

Hi Thorrak, Thanks for all the work making (and supporting) Fermentrack. Back in the original thread you mentioned that support for glycol-chilled fermenters was on the to-do list (somewhere down the line). I'm curious as to your thoughts on whether you think this would work for a single...

Thanks for the response BrunDog. My panel parts are mostly here, so soon it'll be time to start dry fitting and then cutting/assembling/wiring! I'm hopeful that I can fit the components without too many compromises, but the enclosure I bought is probably too small (15.5"x12"x4.5"), and I may...

Just curious if it's possible to use a NodeMCU (or Wemos D1, for that matter) to add WiFi connectivity to the MEGA, or if I need to get the WINC1500 shield from Adafruit. I have several 8266 wireless micro-controllers hanging around from other projects, so if I could put one to use here that'd...