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So I have a 20A, 240V outlet I use for my dust collector that is wired with 12/2 romex. There are 2 insulated wires which I assume are the hots (line 1, line 2) and a bare copper wire which I think is the ground or neutral or both (quantum style!). Does it matter whether the bare wire is...

Anyone running cooling fans in their brew panels? I see a lot of people putting heat sinks on the SSR's but not a whole lot of builds with fans to push air over the heat sinks. I was thinking of putting a computer fan in my build to draw air across the SSRs. You can get pwm fans so I...

Want to build a simple RIMS controller based on the bcs 460 (in case I want to expand later) and I'm having a hell of a time figuring out what parts I need and what some of them do. Does anyone know of a well documented (parts list, step by step) bcs 460 build? Even better, are there any...

Anyone know if you can run a RIMS rocket at 120v? I've been thinking about buying a RIMS tube and then wiring in my own element, but I'm really wary about this considering all the dire warnings on the websites selling them. The local electricians will not do small jobs (not even outlets)...

So I've been putting together a pair of cheap brew pots and picked up some two piece ball valves. As I was checking the pots for leaks, I noticed that the water coming out of the valves had a sheen of oil and smelled strongly of synthetic oil. I removed them and soaked them in hot water...

So brewed a rather light hefeweizen yesterday (1030 OG) and it was fermenting vigorously by midnight. This morning at 6am the airlock was still plinking away at about the same pace. When I got home at 330, fermentation had stopped. I checked the gravity and it came in at 1012. I'm...

I've gotten a new spun, stainless steel brew pot which came from the factory uncleaned. I've scoured with barkeepers friend, one step sanitizer and dish soap but there is still a noticeable smell of oil (smells like 3 in 1 oil). Anyone have any tips as to how to remove all oil residue from...

So I have an old conical that I've been using for 3 or 4 years and the dump valve, interior weld is starting to develop some rust spots. If I sanitize as usual and ferment, will the rust have any impact on the fermenting beer? Thanks in advance.

I made up a yeast starter last night for a belgian dubbel. I winged it on the amount of malt extract to add because I couldn't get onto the internet. I used an activator pack to pitch the starter after it had begun to swell slightly (4Hrs). Today I came home from work and there was a no...

Greetings, I'm brewing a high gravity belgian ale so I wanted to put together a starter to do it right. I made it up and then a bunch work issues decided to tag team me and I've been so busy that I forgot about the starter until today....8 days later. The operative question is, can I...