Ok - here I am again posting about another project - thanks HBT!
This brewing technique one is a little more tricky to find out in a thread than i can find so far,.. so I am just posting a direct question in hopes of a direct answer.
I am just about done with my upgrade build to 11g and the final part is finishing the control panel.
One question that keeps coming into my mind: how do I use it correctly?
I could go the trial and error formula but in this day and age where so many have done it before...
System: cooler mash, lp keggle boil, hex electric 5500w 30 amp (37' of copper coil) in an 8g morebeer heavy duty 8 gal.
Question: if I want to just keep the mash at a certain temp - I raise the temp in the hex to what?
Let me be more specific - if I had a two step mash and wanted to do a step up - what temp should I put my hex pid control to to raise it?
and then keep it maintained?
I know this may seem like a good figure it out on your own thing, but I get the sense there might be a little bit more to it. I have heard set the temp for 190 for a 154 target but really, that high? I know all systems are not created equally and there are extreme temp fluctuations in regions but really? Or maybe I just misread something one night... please tell me what you set your PID for when aiming for what temp?
This brewing technique one is a little more tricky to find out in a thread than i can find so far,.. so I am just posting a direct question in hopes of a direct answer.
I am just about done with my upgrade build to 11g and the final part is finishing the control panel.
One question that keeps coming into my mind: how do I use it correctly?
I could go the trial and error formula but in this day and age where so many have done it before...
System: cooler mash, lp keggle boil, hex electric 5500w 30 amp (37' of copper coil) in an 8g morebeer heavy duty 8 gal.
Question: if I want to just keep the mash at a certain temp - I raise the temp in the hex to what?
Let me be more specific - if I had a two step mash and wanted to do a step up - what temp should I put my hex pid control to to raise it?
and then keep it maintained?
I know this may seem like a good figure it out on your own thing, but I get the sense there might be a little bit more to it. I have heard set the temp for 190 for a 154 target but really, that high? I know all systems are not created equally and there are extreme temp fluctuations in regions but really? Or maybe I just misread something one night... please tell me what you set your PID for when aiming for what temp?