building an (semi) automated brewcontroller
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I really love this . . . might have a word with a plumber friend and get a pair of gas valves for my beastie :) . . . .
Of course the bit I'm really interested in is that stirrer for the mash tun . . . . I want something similar to stir my HLT on the femtobrewery
Of course the bit I'm really interested in is that stirrer for the mash tun . . . . I want something similar to stir my HLT on the femtobrewery
Muddydisco
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Keep it coming! the more I read the more I want one :twisted:
A T
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Aleman said:
Are you planning on having the water well mixed before it gets into the mash tun Tony :lol:
Vossy1
Landlord.
Love the home made temperature probes Zwickle, very professional job :clap:
Zwickel, your English is absolutely fine. I think we all understand exactly what you mean. I only wish my German was that good. You have certainly achieved a lot in your brewery, and many of us are envious! Keep up the excellent work :thumb:
A T
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Yea this is a fantastic thread :thumb: and you English is as good as mine 
Screwy
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Zwickel said:Thanks mate, I hope do not bother you all too much with my pitiful english
G'day Zwickel,
Good to see you helping out the UK boys :thumb:
Cheers,
Screwy
Zwickel
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ahhh.....Screwy old mate, nice to see you here on board :
I see, we´re the "United Beer Lovers" it´s a very small world we live in, isn´t it?
@all, thanks a lot for the positive resonance, the thread will be continued very soon.
Cheers
I see, we´re the "United Beer Lovers"
it´s a very small world we live in, isn´t it?@all, thanks a lot for the positive resonance, the thread will be continued very soon.
Cheers
jamesb
Landlord.
Aleman said:
Which never happens consistantly. Which is why I recirculate mine for 15 minutes before mashing. There's a 5deg differential in my HLT.
Vossy1
Landlord.
Ditto. I only recirc until the temp comes back to strike, usually about 5 mins.
But If I stir the HLT while heating I won't need to recirculate the liquor when I come to use it . . . . I was thinking of a 12V wiper motor, with a simple blade on a shaft . . . . the femtocontroller has 12V supply out . .. . Or I can use 5V for a slower rotation.
Vossy1
Landlord.
You will lose heat to the pump and associated pipework though, if the liquor hasn't been recirced through it.
Like it
...though about the mash/doughing stirrer yet :hmm:Vossy1
Landlord.
Depends where you brew I suppose. My equipment can be near freezing in winter due to brewing outside. The loss could be negligable anyway, was just thinking aloud.
Zwickel
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yeah, a sufficient stirrer is a very important thingy on the brewery, I call it the homogenizer
here are two parts they would do the job:
at right thats a frequency converter (230V in, 3 phases 400V out) that controls the speed/rpm.
With that, one can control the motor from almost still standing until high speed spinning.
The motor is basically used to operate a garage door, found it very cheap on ebay.
For mashing, the motor is set at around 60 rpm and later for cleaning it´s spinning at around 250 rpm, so the caustic soda is splashing to everywhere.
here are two parts they would do the job:
at right thats a frequency converter (230V in, 3 phases 400V out) that controls the speed/rpm.
With that, one can control the motor from almost still standing until high speed spinning.
The motor is basically used to operate a garage door, found it very cheap on ebay.
For mashing, the motor is set at around 60 rpm and later for cleaning it´s spinning at around 250 rpm, so the caustic soda is splashing to everywhere.
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