Hello,
Through the years of brewing, I've always found that hitting and maintaining mash temps is one of the most difficult aspects of brewing. I almost always find myself out of my desired range, whether it be at the beginning or end of the mash.
I want to create a simple contraption which helps maintain mash temps via a ceramic heating element, raspberry pi, arduino, and an electronic relay switch. However, I'm having some problems finding a suitable ceramic heating element, and don't really know what considerations I should take into account.
Does anyone here have any experience with this sort of contraption? I would appreciate a recommendation on a good heating element. Just as a side note, I know there are probably commercial products out there that do this better than I will make this, but I'm a Computer Engineering student and am interested in doing this as a side project, and possibly as a hackathon contest entry.
Thanks!
Through the years of brewing, I've always found that hitting and maintaining mash temps is one of the most difficult aspects of brewing. I almost always find myself out of my desired range, whether it be at the beginning or end of the mash.
I want to create a simple contraption which helps maintain mash temps via a ceramic heating element, raspberry pi, arduino, and an electronic relay switch. However, I'm having some problems finding a suitable ceramic heating element, and don't really know what considerations I should take into account.
Does anyone here have any experience with this sort of contraption? I would appreciate a recommendation on a good heating element. Just as a side note, I know there are probably commercial products out there that do this better than I will make this, but I'm a Computer Engineering student and am interested in doing this as a side project, and possibly as a hackathon contest entry.
Thanks!