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The only tricks are managing pressure to start syphon and avoid blowing up the yeast cake. I had one where I hooked a 2psig keg to a...

I may do it this way next time. Seems like it will use much less gas.

Why not do a gravity assisted transfer under pressure? As long as you can get your source vessel higher than your destination vessel...

Yes but I'm wondering wether the granule size of cornstarch is too small that even when they're not locked up in cells they might be...

I'm wondering if it even has to gel because the particles are so small; perhaps all they have to do is be wet for the enzymes to attack...

Greetings and welcome! Stove top?

The temp drop (due to evaporating and expanding CO2) will cause the components to shrink a little due to thermal "expansion." Different...

Some compressors have a little reset button on the compressor itself. But upon further thought, a tripped overload would not trip the...

If you still have the caps, do a continuity test on them. Zero on a capacitance meter means it's shorted. On the other hand, if it...

One would hope the overload would save it - OP, have you checked for a resetable overload for the compressor? Or maybe fuses? (Not...

OP said he tested the caps and at least one read zero F, which means it was shorted. If replacing that did not get the motor...

I have a few handfuls of oak chips saved from a batch of merlot I just racked off. They will be dried in a very low oven. Presume some...

Hmmm, I've smoked cheese and I've made lots of wine with oak chips. I feel like I have missed an opportunity here! Next time I'm...

I do. I basically run the pump all day. During strike water heating, it helps keep the water mixed to get accurate temperature readings.

Reset the breaker with the thermostat off, then (carefully) manually press in the contactor on the evap unit. That would eliminate a...