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Hey guys, If anyone would be so kind as to take a look, I'm hoping to get feedback on my circuit diagram. I'm feeling fairly confident about it, but this is not an area where I want to screw around. The system will be a small counter top system very similar to jkarp's. My control box will have...

I'm setting up a small electric brewing system for use in my apartment. The breaker board in my unit has three 20 Amp circuits labeled "Kitchen," but all of the sockets in my kitchen appear to be 15 Amp sockets. I have been setting up my system for 20 Amps. Would it be safe to use the 15 Amp...

Hey folks, I went to bottle my red ale today, my third five gallon homebrew batch. I measured out 2/3 cup of sugar, or so I though, and boiled it in two cups of water, as per John Palmer's "How to Brew." In any event, I usually go through filling a bottle, then leaving a loose, sanitized...

Howdy, folks, My objective is to add a heating function to my Mother of Fermentation chiller. The chiller was great in the summer, but now I need heat! As suggested by another board member, I am going to use a reptile heater for this purpose. This type of heater is a 60W unit that plugs...

Hey folks, I recently built a son of fermentation chiller, the weather has been hot and it seems to work great. However, fall has hit hard, and when I checked on my fermentor this morning it was a couple of degrees below temperature. I think it's time to ad heat. Has anybody done this before...

Hey folks, I'm working on a Son of Fermentation Chiller project, and I'm looking for an appropriate thermostat. I'm looking for something that the thermistor could be removed from the unit, so I can mount it on the outside. The goal is to be able to do something very similar to this project...

Hey folks! I've been lurking from time to time for the last six months or so, but I think it has finally come time to post. I've got an idea for a long term project, which might need a bit of a reality check. Here goes... Some background information about my self, and the project (skip this...