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Hello all. I was looking for a sanke to use as a large fermenter. Got my hands on a firkin style cask, with a bung on the side for free, wondering if anyone has fermented in it. Will the bung hold pressure if keg is upright. If it only works sideways i might get a triclover clamp and...

I am looking to upgrade my hop filtration system. Right now I use a piece of mesh woven around the pick up tube. The surface area is very small. I vary between whole and pellet hops as availability differs. While chilling my wort i pump it through the HERMS coil in the HLT to cool it. My...

I will be dispensing at a homebrew festival tomorrow. Yes a HOMEBREW FEST!! I borrowed a jockeybox from a club member and would like some advise on serving pressure. It has a stainless steel coil. Not sure the length but it is almost the height of a cooler. I have been force-carbing at...

Took me a few months to get everything acquired here. Ive made several bathes with it, and have been making continuous upgrades since. Starting from the outlet... I am pulling 30amps from a dryer plug, I re-configured a 50a spa GFI as an inline device, with potential to have 50am in the...

long story shot I am adding a float switch to my pump control for auto sparging. I have already wired up elements through ssr's but im having trouble now. I am experiencing a voltage drop over the ssr, Volt meter reads 117 volts on the input to SSR and reads 23 on the output of the power...

hi all. I am wondering if i can store PBW solution in a fermenting bucket for long term storage. Ive read that it can be used for several batches, just dont want it to eat through the bucket, or.... thanks

I am on the final stages of my herms system, the only thing holding me back is these dam temperature sensors. I am using a mypin Ta4 style PID controller with a 2 wire PT-100. Using this diagram I have jumped the terminals from 7-10 and 8-9 My PID is registering a temp more than...

Hello all. I have a 120v element inside a stainless pot for a seperate 4 vessel heat exchanger. I have noticed that I have a current leak after finger testing water temp. I am using the gangbox method similar to Kal as the junction of my leads. The water does heat up which make me...

I am pondering an idea to save a couple bucks in my new herms system. I was originally going to have a coil in the HLT, then i started thinking of a coil in a seperate heat exchanger for smaller volume of water. Lastly i thought about making a CFC with 1/2" copper and rubber tubing. Has...

I am pondering an idea to save a couple bucks in my new herms system. I was originally going to have a coil in the HLT, then i started thinking of a coil in a seperate heat exchanger for smaller volume of water. Lastly i thought about making a CFC with 1/2" copper and rubber tubing. Has...

I would like to have an LED on my gangbox on outside of HLT and BK. the led on control panel will remain on all the time, however the led on outside of kettle will flash when SSR turns it on. Do i need a neutral wire to run this led? I am only bringing in 2 hots and a ground to my box on...

Hi all. Building a panel similar to Kals. No timer, meters or shunt. I have not had any success when first plugging in the panel. I am using a 50a GFI spa panel running off a 30a dryer plug. I know contactor coils are activated with current, but does it matter which side receives the hot...

Planning out my first build here. I am going to have a 5500w BK, 5500w HLT and 1500 seperate HEX for HERMS. My question is, are contactors necessary? I understand that even though a PID will be telling elements to fire, without a switch in the ON pos. they will not fire. What if I had a...

Hi all. I am scheming for my electric conversion. I want to build a setup that can be used with 220v and 110v. Right now i do not have 220v access but will in my future home. Is it possible to build a system that I can swap the plugs to change voltage. I will have a PID controlled HLT for...

Hello all. First I realize that I am not a professional and will contact one before messing with NG. I have a NG pipe that fires my furnace in the garage. We do not use the furnace so i was going to unattach it and attach a flexible line of some sort to provide NG to brew stand ~40 feet...

Hi all, Been brewing for about a year now and its got me addicted. Looking to reach into the electric brewing world soon for a few reasons. I want to leave 5g batches behind and start doing 10, which means I will replace my cooler with a MT keggle. At first i considered just insulating...

Have scoured several forums and can't find a definitive answer. Right now I am running a burner that looks like the attached. Can i buy an attachment piece to change the orrifice size? I do know that they run on drastically different pressures. such as...

Tried doing a honey orange wheat and miscalculated my boil volume. Ended up with 3 gallons of extra wort at the end of boil. Threw it in a carboy. I have a total of 8 gallons for a 5 gallon batch. What is the best way to un-dilute my beer? Try freezing it (if my keggerator gets that cold) or...

Misscalculated my boil size and i ended up having ~ 7 gallons for a 5 gallon batch. I added wort to a bucket and carboy and split yeast 70/30 will the yeast be able to properly ferment the wort, should i add more yeast? This was from an all-grain batch so im worried about it being too...