Hey all!
I'm happy to have finally joined, so thanks for having me around! I'm making a wort-submersed sensor for some experiments I'm running. Success in this would mean being able to do remote SG tracking.
But I need some help. One of the biggest challenges here is making a sensor chassis that will not infect the wort. What are some options?
These are the following constraints:
-Material must be able to pass 900 MHz E&M frequencies without significant attenuation. This leaves out metals and most ceramics. Plastic might be nice. Rubber though would ruin the working mechanism of the sensor.
-Must be cheap to form into the chassis shape.
Both of these just scream "3D printing! Yes!"
but
The food safety seems to be anyone's guess. A sugary wort seems to have no immune system like people do, so just because a human can eat from it, doesn't mean it can sit in a wort for a month.
If there are no 3D printable HDPEs available, I figured I could use a "food safe ceramic glaze" as the 3D printer community calls it. I could treat any 3D printed object with this magic glaze, and could supposedly call the object food safe. Does that even sound believable?
I would consider wood, if it could be sealed to prevent any water absorption, though using such a buoyant material would seriously screw with the working mechanism of the device.
So if I were to fill a bucket with boiled tap water, and then dump in 3 lbs of dextrose and yeast, agitate it, and then let it sit, would that work as a wort stimulant? If no one knows of plastic options, I'll have to do some experiments on my own!
Ask if you have any questions.
I ultimately want to make an affordable sensor network for brewers. I have the electronics bit already figured out, so getting this next bit down will only benefit the home brewing community!
I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts, Thanks all!
I'm happy to have finally joined, so thanks for having me around! I'm making a wort-submersed sensor for some experiments I'm running. Success in this would mean being able to do remote SG tracking.
But I need some help. One of the biggest challenges here is making a sensor chassis that will not infect the wort. What are some options?
These are the following constraints:
-Material must be able to pass 900 MHz E&M frequencies without significant attenuation. This leaves out metals and most ceramics. Plastic might be nice. Rubber though would ruin the working mechanism of the sensor.
-Must be cheap to form into the chassis shape.
Both of these just scream "3D printing! Yes!"
but
The food safety seems to be anyone's guess. A sugary wort seems to have no immune system like people do, so just because a human can eat from it, doesn't mean it can sit in a wort for a month.
If there are no 3D printable HDPEs available, I figured I could use a "food safe ceramic glaze" as the 3D printer community calls it. I could treat any 3D printed object with this magic glaze, and could supposedly call the object food safe. Does that even sound believable?
I would consider wood, if it could be sealed to prevent any water absorption, though using such a buoyant material would seriously screw with the working mechanism of the device.
So if I were to fill a bucket with boiled tap water, and then dump in 3 lbs of dextrose and yeast, agitate it, and then let it sit, would that work as a wort stimulant? If no one knows of plastic options, I'll have to do some experiments on my own!
Ask if you have any questions.
I ultimately want to make an affordable sensor network for brewers. I have the electronics bit already figured out, so getting this next bit down will only benefit the home brewing community!
I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts, Thanks all!
