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Disaster!!
I was tidying up the brew space and in the process knocked the power supply to the conicals temp control unit into a bucket of StarSan. It’s blown the power unit and the control box. Looks like the Czech pils will be fermenting out at ambient temperature, it’s currently 18C in the garage.
**** on it
I was tidying up the brew space and in the process knocked the power supply to the conicals temp control unit into a bucket of StarSan. It’s blown the power unit and the control box. Looks like the Czech pils will be fermenting out at ambient temperature, it’s currently 18C in the garage.
**** on it
Aargh nooo! Can you transfer the Pils to a bucket and float it in a bin with some ice from the supermarket?
I’ve been weighing up the options. I’ve got the brew fridge, but transferring the batch into a plastic bucket is going to do more harm than just letting it go. I’ll let it ferment out at ambient temp and keg it, what the worst that can happen. It won’t be the first batch I poured out, or the the first batch that came good despite the odds either.
All my Pils’ get done in plastic buckets (in the brew fridge) … they’re all I’ve got !
I still brew them that way when the other FV’s are tied up and they work perfectly.
How to get the brew that’s in the conical into a plastic bucket and into the fridge without destroying in the process is beyond me.
Pitch a Notty on it.
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Call it a Cali Common !
It may turn out ok, other lager yeasts are able to tolerate higher temperatures and produce decent results such as Saflager
W34/70, Wyeast 2124 - fingers crossed.
(Sorry for your loss
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It may turn out ok, other lager yeasts are able to tolerate higher temperatures and produce decent results such as Saflager
W34/70, Wyeast 2124 - fingers crossed.
(Sorry for your loss
)
Best case, it’ll turn out a bit estery, worst case it’ll be overrun with apple or pear off flavours. I’ll burst carb it and see when once it’s fermented.
Any signs of life from the controller once it was fully dried out?
The power supply took the plunge, not the controller. It powers up with an alternative power supply, the temp probe functions but it won’t turn on the pump from the chiller. I’m assuming something inside it got fried.
Is the spare power supply identical to the original? If not are you sure it has the beef to drive the relays inside the controller that call the pump?
It’s 9V vs 12V, from a guitar effects pedal board. Both are 2amp. Would that account for the difference?
I have a wee multi-charge thing but none of the interchangeable ends fit the control box.
Assuming that it is relays on the controller board, if they have a 12v coil then the 9v supply is unlikely to switch them although I do use 12v relays in my day job that will switch at 10v.
I have numerous 12v PSU's kicking around but I'm not back home until Tuesday. How does the PSU connect? If you are using a pedal board supply I assume it is a 5.5 x 2.1 mm barrel connector?
Here’s the one that blew up, if @Sneedhearn or anyone can point me to an online equivalent replacement I’d be very grateful. I tried looking, but I’m a technological numpty.
Cheers
. I take the 8amp vs 2amp won’t cause problems.
The 2 amp is the input current at 230v, the 8 amp is the output at 12v the same as your original PSU.Cheers
It sounds like the controller should be fine - and even if it won’t turn on the pump with the new PSU then it should only be a relatively inexpensive fix (replacement relay or drive transistor). Phew.
Told you I was a techno-numpty.
