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Hello all - I am trying to find a service technician to come to my home (unsuccessfully so far). I have an MDD-58 micromatic kegerator that was working great. I turned it off for the first time when not in use for 1-2 months. After turning back on, the fan runs and lights all turn on but it...

Has anyone here taken a stab at converting their HERMS system to also be able to distill? I have a eHERMS system with open top sanke kegs as my kettles. I think it would be pretty tough to convert the boil kettle into a sealed up pot with tower. Same deal with the open mash tun for a thumper...

The drop down to select which tap to put beer on is not giving me an option. Does anyone have any suggestions on what might be going on here? As you can see, keg number doesnt give me option on which place to put beer

I know this gets asked a lot... But I'll be that guy. Pulled off the lid off my brown ale to find this. Can someone give advice on if they would dump or keg? I'm not too worried about losing the beer. I have a pretty big inventory right now. I'd be more worried about further contaminating the...

In an attempt to reduce cleaning time I bought a brewbag to put in my mashtun in my 1BBL HERMS system. Previously I used a standard false bottom and dip tube and would occasionaly get a stuck sparge. The problem seems to actually be worse (but now I can fix it) with the bag in place...does...

Moved to a new house recently. Had a Ward Labs water profile done....it isn't great for bitter beers (from what I can gather). I am willing to just use 100% RO water..or even a split of mine and RO. I was hoping someone could take a peek here and tell me what you would do. ie: what salts would...

I figured I would share this here. Spend a lot of time lurking around this site for ideas. Here is what I came up with for my keezer that feeds thru the wall to the taps on the bar side. Used pvc to run lines in and air out of the keezer to a box mounted on the back side of the drip tray...

Hey guys, I have done a handful of beers on my herms system and have been tweeking things as I go. My question is: How 'close' does your system keep your temps to your set value? Mine never seems to settle on the number (overshoots, undershoot, repeat). What I don't know if that is normal. I...

One of my rtd temp probe cablesI bought from auber is not working. I'm eliminated a bad probe/connection at panel bc the other cable works with it. I tried taking this apart (I bought the pre connected one from auber) but I don't really see a way I can remove and re wire the adaptors on the end...

Hey guys. So I finally got my hop pole up and now need some help/recommendations for someone new to growing. My initial plan was to buy 4 plants (2 centennial, 2 cascade) and separate them every 2 feet on the jute twine I am going to put up. Seemed like it may be worth my time to see if that is...

Hey guys I know you are all sick of looking at everyone's water profiles. I had mine done a while ago. I have been using the Bru'n Water spreadsheet to interpret what I need to add and how much R/O water to add. I have been repeating the same simple blonde ale recipe...and for fun...cut it with...

Hey guys...been brewing on my eherms system for about six batches now and trying to improve efficiency. It was recommended that I slow down my wort extraction. My question is...is really restricting flow on the pumps bad for them? I'm guessing the answer is probably no....just seems like...

Hey guys.. So I have a 2 PID system. I measure the temperature of my mash using a probe right after my ball valve on the mash tun before it recirculates back through the coil in the HLT (the other is in the boil kettle). My question is to relating to the auto tuning which I ran prior to the...

Hey guys, just got water report back from Ward Labs. I just got my sink and pot filler installed. The sample was drawn from well water that does not run through the water softener. Also, I installed an inline whole house water filter that I can utilize (but I removed the filter for the...

Hey guys. I am having trouble trying to figure out my PID/temp probe. I followed Kal's concept of measuring the temp of the mash in the plumbing (just after ball lock in the mash tun). The problem: I did a manual test with a thermometer and it is reading much differently INSIDE the mash tun...

Hey guys-- Last step of my basement brewery is getting a sink put in. Had a plumber come over yesterday and give me my options. The way my brewery sits...if I put a sink right next to my kettles it would require a injector pump to pump up and over to the other side of the basement. The other...

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Hey guys. I'm putting my keggles together and am having an issue with getting my herms coil connections to the ball valve in the outside. I am using a weldless set up. My current situation is a half inch ss nipple to connect to the 1/2 copper compression fitting I sweated on to my coil...

I just started cutting up my keggles and punching holes when I realized that a dent in the bottom of my mash tun doesn't allow for the 14" false bottom to sit "flush" on the bottom of keggle. Will a 12" false bottom work okay in the bottom of these keggles? Or will I be disappointed...? They are...

Hey guys...need some help. I will try to be as short as possible but here is my situation.... I am wiring up my control panel (used PJ's print). I put in a 50amp GFCI breaker at the main panel that is wired to a 4 prong plug on the other side of my basement. I completed all the wiring...