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Thanks for replying, I was starting to think my posts had become invisible. lol I'll give that a go before my next brew, my trouble is, you read conflicting advice, and the instructions aren't that great. There was a member on here, I can't remember who. that said they were going to write a...

Last week I made a post on my equipment upgrade build, it all went pretty much as planned, except I didn't have quite enough cable so couldn't connect my hlt. I did my first brew the next day and I have a query over the behaviour of my Inkbird ITC100VH PID, with pt100 thermocouple, I did ask at...

I think the splles are made from basket cane, the type of cane they make furniture from, or weave with. It's got lots of hollow tubes in it's structure.

Well the brew day went ok ish, most of the problems were operator error. I was going to repeat a Czech pilsner that I had made before, using M54, there was a **** up there, more of which later. Up till now I've been happily BIAB, not true BIAB, because I sparge, in my converted plastic FV with...

I had already made the box and the cut outs in it. That actually took a lot of time. Whilst waiting for the last component, the timer, I had a few dry runs, and watched lots of YouTube videos, so I had a plan of attack. Before I went into management I used to work on the tools, the more work you...

Grand kids have arrived and stopped play for the day. Still, I'm happy with what I've done, would have been happier if I hadn't run out of cable and I'd had the correct fittings for the solar pump. However, I've done enough to get a brew on tomorrow, as long as it all behaves itself.

Getting there. I'm not auto tuning it yet, I'm just happy it's working.

Amazingly it's not blown up yet.

Well all the wiring is done, well mostly, I'm short of a metre of cable to wire up my hlt. So for tomorrow I'll use my fv plastic boiler as the hlt. Another slight snag, I didn't realise the fittings to the solar pump were different to the mag pump, so I'll just be using the mag tomorrow. Going...

Finished!!!! Not really. No wiring done yet.

The variable controller is only going to control an extractor fan, although that wasn't the original intention. It was going to control one of the three 1k elements, but I'm now running them as one element and putting my faith in a PID to control it. I'd already bought the controller so had to...

Done a cold water leak test, and only just above the element, so far okay, big test at the end. Cut the slot and fitted the washing machine element to the HLT, no leak there either. Now to start the poopy pants bit. Already built the box to contain the electrics whilst waiting for the last bits...

Another part of the plan has arrived!

Forgot the picture

Elements fitted, thermowell fitted, that was easier, just started with a 4mm bit and went up 1mm a time until I reached 13mm.

Needed some extra leverage, but the big holes done now. And the Q-max survived!

Well the 16mm Q-max didn't survive the thick stainless but managed to cut the hole. I'm now even more worried about cutting the bigger hole.

My partner has suggested that when I start to do the electrics, I stick a lightbulb up my bum as an indicator that it's time for her to call an ambulance!

My plan is to brew tomorrow, but first there's a bit of work to do. 1st job is make a couple of holes in what's going to be my mash tun/boil kettle, one for a 50mm tri-clamp, and the other for a thermowell. Bit worried because it's a bit thicker than the q-max cutters say they can handle. Got to...