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By the way, as a warning to you other HBTers, @jimyson is a formidable opponent.

Mmm all day.

Haha yeah it's a common weakness. I nearly missed your threat cause I was plotting my own attack.

I'll be the contrarian and take the position you did exactly as you should have in creating the starter. Despite the blow off I think you'll have a far better beer than if you had just pitched a single snack pack into 1.070+ wort and gotten an anemic ferment as a result. The only mistake you...

...and was one move away from checkmating me in the last one as well.

Lol. In truth I don't think the chess.com ratings are very reliable an indication of one's skill. I think I am probably a 1250 to 1300 player in real life. I am getting schooled by a 1350 ranked player right now. @GoeHaarden played well for not having played a while....that first game...

I have a chess.com account and play on occasion. I probably fall squarely in the range of mediocrity. Like passed pawn I favor slow and deliberate play.

If you look at the first picture there are two screws on the motor/gearbox that are used to affix the motor/gearbox to the toy vehicle. I screwed the metal plate to the gearbox using those two screws (one screw went into an existing hole on my metal plate, but I had to drill a new hole for the...

Interesting. It never occurred to me to mill them separately, but you do have a point. I guess I never noticed enough of a hit to my efficiency to think of it. I may give that a try. Thanks.

IIRC It was no more than an amp above the continuous draw.

So upon further testing I think you are right. Based on what I had read online, I initially thought the amperage draw would be too high to match it to a wall wort. It now appears they may have been listing amperage draw for motors in series, or at their stall point, or something along those...

I agree. I was surprised as well. Especially when you compare it to most setups with a 5-10 lb electric motor. It really does have a lot of power for its size. I couldn't believe how small the motor was when I opened up the back of the toy car. I also figured it would hold up to a 5 - 10...

You're exactly right! I should have done a bit more testing before posting the article. The motor draws about 3.5 amps on a typical grind.

I ran some more grain through it last night while hooked up to my multimeter. Without any load it runs at about 1.7-2.0 amps. While grinding basic 2 row it pulled about 3.5 amps. I put 100% wheat in it to give it a real exercise and it pulled about 5 to 5.5 amps. My gap setting is around...

It really does work surprisingly well, just dump some grain in it every few minutes. Good luck. Prost.

That would be great if that's the case. You're right, power supplies in that range are easy to find. I really need to measure the amount of current it pulls on my next grind. I'll report back when I do.

I just ran some grain through and timed it. It went through a pound in 30 seconds. Accordingly, 12 lbs would take 6 minutes. I bet someone could figure out how to power it via an outlet, I just think the amperage requirements might make sourcing a power supply a bit more difficult. I may try...

I agree with this. In fact, what I have taken to doing, with limited flask space available, is to set aside most of the slurry from the first step, then create a new starter with the little bit of slurry remaining. In other words, make a 2L starter from your smack-pack to get optimal growth...

Look up kvass

+3 for keg connection