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I have had very similar thoughts, I thought of flattening a few short lengths of copper pipe (I can get a 40x40mm 80W element), possibly soldering it to some flat plate, or clamping it to some aluminium plate. I have thought of clamping a peltier element to each side of the pipe, then double...

I am yet to have the drift problem with a load cell. I know for accuracy they should be calibrated yearly. The main problem is you need to use the same weight keg every time, as different models / sizes will have different weights. From my research with commercial scales & applications I...

I am working on a system like this for gas cylinders, though it will work for kegs as well. I got a load cell, making a base for the cylinder to sit on and a frame for the weighing unit. Put that through an instrumentation amplifier, then into a LM3914 with 10 LEDs. One can stack 2 LM3914s...

I Finaly got to my LHBS today & got some yeast. Asked them, they seemed to think all fine "just do another starter". I added some more DME, ran everything up & had quite a bit of krausen visible, even with stirplate on. My problem obviously was in numbers, not lack of yeast. I pitched the...

I don't see any bubbles on the surface, the stir bar was stopped most of the day and no foam / krausen. I was trying to get extra oxygen in, hence shaking with yeast pitched. Going to try and rig some sort of air filter & pump air in.

I have to admit guilt - I have been taking temp and activity readings twice a day for fermentation, but never took a reading on the starter. It is now 1008, I will re-read in the morning.

Hi, Sorry I am sure this has been posted a million times before, I thought all is well and bottled, though after almost a week I do not see signs of fermentation, the yeast I harvested also does not appear to do anything after more than 24Hrs in a starter. I brewed a Coopers English Bitter...

I am wondering if my yeast could have died in the fermentation process, as I am not seeing signs of carbonation either. I will try and find the right thread to post about that though.

Thanks - that is just some loose fitting foil. I have a temp probe in there, which looks like a pipe. I have a few times poured the starter / yeast back in to the bottle and shook vigorously to aerate more. There should at least be some oxygen in there, though I need to get an air filter, to...

I have a Noob question, which I hope has not been posted too much, could not find it going to random pages in this thread. After my first batch (Coopers English Bitter kit) I harvested the yeast (Safale S-04), as per the start of this thread (Thin down with pre-boiled, cooled water, let settle...