My brutus ten

[Hellfire_studios]

I have the switches just opening and closing the hot wire. I have attached a picture of the wiring diagram I based my setup off of. Let me know if you can't open the file. I am on a Linux machine and some times jpg files get screwing.

 

[Hellfire_studios]

the only difference between my wiring and this diagram is I have in line lights in line with the switches so that when you turn on the switch the lights come on. They are 125v in line LEDs the guy at the electrical store said that you just run power through them on the power line so where I have a power line coming out of the switches they go through the lights and into the controllers, valves, and pumps.

 

[rekoob]

okay, when you plug in the control box and turn on the MAIN pwr sw, does that light in the upper left corner of your box come on?

I will assume that upper left sw is your main power switch.

Do you have a multimeter? are all your switches three position switches? Looks like they are in the middle position and you have on-off-on type switches?

you say when you by-pass the switch you get the LED's to light and the controllers work. If that's the case I would say your switches are wired incorrectly. If they are three position switches "on-off-on" there should be three connections, the middle one should be the supply, and each end connection would be for the "on" positions.

 

[Hellfire_studios]

they are two position switches. Yes you are correct that is the main power switch. I get the light next to it to turn on when the switch for the controller is turned on. But not if the controller switch is off. I think I figured it out. The guy at the electrical store said that these lights should be wired "in line" with the power. I think if I take them out of the line and wire the switch direct without going through the light, then run a power wire from the switch to the light and then the other wire on the light to the common it should work correctly. I am thinking this is why the light comes on when the controller switch is in the "on" position. because it is then a closed circuit? Just a thought....

I have a multimeter and I have tested the resistance on the switches and they all seem to be in working order. I should have some time to work on it tomorrow night and I am going to try to wire it like my above statement and see what happens. Let me know if you think I am on the right path.

Josh

 

[rekoob]

Yes, I think you are on the right track. Let us know how it goes. Fwiw, I think the guy at the shop didn't know you were wiring up discreet components. Anyway, use the "load" side of your switches, that should work out for you.
I like the idea of the LEDs, I might have to add some to my control panel.

 

[Hellfire_studios]

ok I took the lights out of the mix and it works. so now I just have to rewire the lights correctly. I am electrically stupid lol. I will post pictures of this thing all together just waiting one more keg on top and it will be ready to fire up. Thanks for the help.

Josh

 

[rekoob]

Great work! Sounds like it's time to start brewing!

 

[otek963]

Here is mine

 

[Hellfire_studios]

Looks great!

 

[Hellfire_studios]

got the lights wired up today and it all works well. Going to get my last pump tomorrow and finish wiring it up. I will take some pics of it when I finish the wiring. thanks again for the help.

 

[Hellfire_studios]

Ok I finally got the wiring done. I need to get a few more tie straps for the pump wiring. I need to get the kegs welded up and plumbed and I will be ready to fire this baby up. Also need to get some vinyl decals made for the controls also.