Bucks Electric Brewery

[trimixdiver1]

Ok, I am finally brewing!!!!

First beer is Ballast Tank Brown Ale

Same recipe I made 15 years ago for my first AG.

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[branman]

How much loss do you get from your system?

 

[branman]

By the way, it looks awesome!

 

[trimixdiver1]

Loose 1g per hr boil
about 1/2 g in piping

Got 90% eff

After some tweaks, I will brew again on Sunday

 

[snackson]

When were you on the Cheyenne? My brother was the M Div LCPO from 08-10.

 

[trimixdiver1]

When were you on the Cheyenne? My brother was the M Div LCPO from 08-10.

95-2000

I am a Plankowner

 

[trimixdiver1]

Another addition! A nice HMI enclosure and arm. Originally for an AB panel view, just need to make the hole a little bigger for my Cmore 15" HMI. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1425242156.553118.jpg
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That arm weighs twice as much as the panel. Thing weighs about 60lbs. Think I'm going to use some strut to distribute the load between 2 2x10 floor joists. Still a crap ton of weight!

Need to label the switches, anyone here make plastic engraved labels?

 

[trimixdiver1]

HMI panel all dressed up and ready for install

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[kal]

Nice. Reminds me of my days spend on plant floors. Are those 23mm or 30mm switches/pushbuttons? What brand?

Kal

 

[trimixdiver1]

Nice. Reminds me of my days spend on plant floors. Are those 23mm or 30mm switches/pushbuttons? What brand?

Kal

They are 22mm, the left 4 and the EMO are AB the right 4 are eaton.

The arm I got with this is a bear, probably 50lbs.

Might add a label for the toggles as they are just for manual control if the stage logic isn't active.

 

[kal]

AB? So they're really expensive switches.

Kal

 

[trimixdiver1]

AB? So they're really expensive switches.

Kal

I know I shouldn't rub it in, but I won an auction on eBay for 3 of those panels. The seller kept screwing up the shipping rate, I said I wanted to cancel, and so I would leave positive feedback he sent me a panel and arm for free!! There were 4 more AB switches but I swapped them for the eaton ones I had.

I got really lucky!

 

[trimixdiver1]

Installed the new HMI panel and swing arm, next wire it up!

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[orangehero]

So, what are you going to overkill once this is done?

 

[Sock]

So, what are you going to overkill once this is done?

Bahahaha.

 

[trimixdiver1]

So, what are you going to overkill once this is done?

Either, a gas mixer for beer gas, or a real time fermentation monitor using a parastalic pump and mass flow meter.

This project didn't keep the automation bug in check, it just opened the throttle wide open.

 

[kickflip_mj]

I thought I had issues... You're a sick sick man

 

[JKoravos]

Holy frickin' christ, man. This is ridiculous. You have over 6 figures in gear right there if we're going by the mfg price list. Well over, probably.

Either, a gas mixer for beer gas, or a real time fermentation monitor using a parastalic pump and mass flow meter.

This project didn't keep the automation bug in check, it just opened the throttle wide open.

I have a couple of mass flow meters set aside for live fermentation monitoring.

What are you thinking of using the peristaltic for? I was going to see if I could get real time gravity measurements simply from CO2 flowrate totalizing. I figure it should be pretty accurate with a few correction factors added in to the mix.

 

[trimixdiver1]

Holy frickin' christ, man. This is ridiculous. You have over 6 figures in gear right there if we're going by the mfg price list. Well over, probably.







I have a couple of mass flow meters set aside for live fermentation monitoring.



What are you thinking of using the peristaltic for? I was going to see if I could get real time gravity measurements simply from CO2 flowrate totalizing. I figure it should be pretty accurate with a few correction factors added in to the mix.

Thanks

In reality it's about 3k. Did a lot of best offers on ebay.

The pump was a thought that I could recirc fermenting wort through the racking arm and into the dump port on my conicals.

The gas MFM idea is cool too. I think it's about 2 moles of CO2 per every mole of alcohol.

 

[JKoravos]

Thanks

In reality it's about 3k. Did a lot of best offers on ebay.

The pump was a thought that I could recirc fermenting wort through the racking arm and into the dump port on my conicals.

The gas MFM idea is cool too. I think it's about 2 moles of CO2 per every mole of alcohol.

Yes, ebay is awesome for industrial surplus. I got my two omega flowmeters for maybe $25 ea.

2molesCO2/1moleC2H5OH is about right. Somewhere i have the exact number. Its like 2.07 or something. This will be the next project after the brew rig is done. Hopefully I can get to it this summer.

 

[trimixdiver1]

Few shots of the 2nd brew on the system.

Got a few more tweaks...

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[orangehero]

Are you just dingle dangling a temp probe into the mash? And here I was all impressed.

 

[trimixdiver1]

It's my grain temp RTD at the mill, I was just verifying my BK RTD was correct. Don't worry, it's just there to verify.

Damn 10g takes a while to dissipate enough heat to whirlpool.

 

[trimixdiver1]

Well I just won an auction for this
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It reminded me of my days at nuclear power plants, so I will add a biometric hand scanner to start the brewing process on my rig. Needed, no. Cool as heck, YES!!!!

 

[kickflip_mj]

Ha they had those at my college gym and they never worked properly. good luck.lol

 

[trimixdiver1]

They were at every US nuclear power station and rarely had issues. We are talking 1500 to 2000 outage people going in and out about 2-3 times a day.

The trick is properly enrolling.

 

[branman]

They were at every US nuclear power station and rarely had issues. We are talking 1500 to 2000 outage people going in and out about 2-3 times a day.

The trick is properly enrolling.

Hahaa! BURN..!

 

[trimixdiver1]

Hahaa! BURN..!

That wasn't the intent of my response.

They are tricky, but luckily for me I have experience with them.

 

[branman]

That wasn't the intent of my response.

They are tricky, but luckily for me I have experience with them.

I know, sorry if it came off wrong. I just thought it was funny.

 

[trimixdiver1]

I know, sorry if it came off wrong. I just thought it was funny.

No worries