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One of my friends on facebook did that with his floorboard only a few days ago! He was 'fixing the floorboard which wasn't nailed down' :D

I bought 4 of those probes for my build, they did not work for me in any configuration. I asked Virtual Village to supply me with a datasheet and confirm that they were PT100 probes, they could not do either. They said that they didn't think they were PT100 probes, but instead 'PT100+' probes...

Looks great! : ) Those magnets are good but a right pain to keep clean - it's a pity they're not electromagnets with an on/off switch so that all the splatter didn't stick to them :D

Is there a reason for the tank connector? I'm a little confused as to why you've used one :?:

Ok primary's done, kegged today, and it tastes great! The banana/clove is still there, a nice balance, just a little towards the banana side. I'm looking forward to trying it once it's cold and carbonated : )

AWESOME! Just awesome. That is the only way I can describe the wheat beer that I'm sampling right now. It's the first batch brewed on the HERMS brewery, and it is so bloody delicious I'm having trouble believing that I actually brewed it. I'm 99% sure this is all because of dechlorinating...

Aah that looks perfect for what I need. Do you know if they come with lock nuts? I can imagine that NPT threaded nuts will be hard to find in the uk...

I tried to buy a PT100 probe from virtual village, it turned out to be neither a PT100 or a thermocouple. My PID's spec says it takes PT100 but I've got 11 sensors now, and have spent so much money! Can someone link me to a good sensor that can be fixed through the keg wall without hassle...

cool that's good to know :D I'm trying to think of how I can make the whole thing a little safer, mainly waterproofing/splashproofing the electrics. First step is to get a shroud over each element plug. For this I was thinking of just a bit of plastic guttering pipe over each plug, but I can't...

Ok but having both live and neutral switched isnt a huge problem at the mo is it I really dont fancy redoing all that wiring lol! The two mains rings that the control box is plugged into are both RCD protected, and the keggles and brew stand are all earth bonded together and to every one of the...

The reason I used one on each leg was this advice from Phil Robbins' site. The SSRs are fitted with small heatsinks made for graphics cards/old processors; just items I had lying around. I'm going to fit a fan to ensure good airflow over the heatsinks : )

I have a wheat beer in the fermenters at the mo that I brewed yesterday that used WB-06 - it's the first time I've used this yeast so will be interesting to see how it turns out. I'm fermenting at 18-20*c, here's the recipe: Batch size: 10 gallons 4kg Maris Otter 4kg Wheat malt 85g Saaz 3.5%AA...

Thanks for the offer! unfortunately I'm not local and I think it might be a bit overkill. Toying with the idea of running the fan off a 9v battery, I'll do some experimenting and see.

The way I look at it, it's just insurance that if one fails to 'on', the other will still be switched by the PID and therefore turn the element off. I have seen quite a few other people using this system, and it seems to work fine for me : ) I just saw some pics of your setup, I'd like to put a...

Yeah I had heard some horror stories of SSRs failing to on! Thought it best to have one on each leg, just to be on the safe side : ) I'm going to see if I can fix the second PID this afternoon, if that doesn't work I'll be looking for a new pair. One thing I really want to add to the system...

SSR1 = Element 1 live SSR2 = Element 1 neutral SSR3 = Element 2 live SSR4 = Element 2 neutral Aah ok, thanks I'll see how it goes with them and change 'em if I need to. How do you mean 'don't take very kindly to being moved'? :) Great news today! Yesterday I brewed the first batch on the...

Looking great UP! Just want to check that you're sure it will be able to hold the constant pressure of the fermenter being full, you don't want to end up with a scale model reenactment of The London Beer flood :D

cool thats what I hoped. Here's a pic of the thermocouples I've got at the mo. And here's a pic of the thermowell I built for the HEX coil output. Here's the coil before I had to redo it. I had an old IC that I had built ages ago, just bent and cut it to fit. I'm not bothered about the...

Ok I need some advice. I have two choices for the thermocouple setup on this rig. 1. Buy some thermocouples that are made to go through a bulkhead and be attached with a wingnut on the other side. The problem with this is that it will only sense the temp from around 10mm from the edge of the...

I made sure to get 15amp ones - picked upthe 5amp ones by accident then realised :D thanks for checking :)