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Thanks all. I appreciate the advice! I went ahead and ordered the tank. I think I am going to experiment a bit (the fun part) with using a CO2 and N2 mixing in tank. I think I am going to try to carb a bit, then ramp the pressure with N2. Might have to burp and remix a few times, we'll see...

Looking for some feedback on a Nitro setup. I am trading between getting a Nitrogen/CO2 mix bottle, and getting pure nitrogen bottle and mixing using the CO2 tank I already have. (Carb to 7psi CO2, than move to 32ish PSI Nitro). Couple questions: - Are there food grade concerns with...

Hey all. Simple question. 1.5" or 2" diameter rims tube. Standard low watt density 1" element. Any recommendations on size, or just personal preference.

Hello all. I am in process of building up my sculpture. I am thinking of plumbing the entire fixture using stainless pipe. I don't plan on removing the pots. I notice pretty much everyone uses flex tubing, rather than stainless. Any particular reason or just ease of installation? Incidentally...

All of the brew sculptures I have seen have the drain ports on the side. Any reason why people don't put their drains on the portion of the pots? Seems like a better spot. Has anyone tried to dimple the thicker bottom?

Mystery solved! After pulling out the angle grinder and grinding some of the rim... No sparks. Non ferrous. Aluminum!!! I guess the mirror finish fooled me. Auyways, I'm going to pick up a cheap ss put to do some practicing on before attacking my nice 80 quart. Thanks for all the help!

Thanks for everyone's help. Here is a picture of my flux. Also, as an update I took one of my corny kegs last night and sanded fluxed and just set a small bead. Flux still burns fast, but the bead was perfectly adhered to the keg. So the pot may be the culprit. I'm going to try to find a new...

Ok, so I tried again tonight wiht everyone's suggestion to no avail. Sticks to the coupler beautifully, but not he put. So I cleaned up a portion of the exterior with a dremmel wire bit, fluxed and just tried to streak. No dice. Jut rolls off. I can almost get it to stick with no flux. The flux...

I think I am burning the flux. Since I am using a half coupler I only have about 1/3 of an inch for the flame. Should input in a nipple or something to he's to get more distance. I am soldering on the inside and heating on the outside.

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Hello all I am hoping to get some help with a soldering project I am working on. I have dimpled a stainless pot and am trying to solder a stainless half coupler to it. I am encountering a lot of problems and for the amount I have spent on solder trying to get this done, could have just bought a...

Hello all, I am currently working on a fully automated 3 tage system. I have eveything figured out, prototyped and working fine. I am left with one last piece that I can not decide how I want to tackle, so I thought i'd fish for ideas and thoughts. With a fully plummed in system on a...

Yes, I see your point. The catch22 is that in the end, the system will automatic. So the idea of flipping a switch on and off to enable the element during a specific phase is counter-productive. Also, with the 2 SRRs (one for the coil one for the element) there is double redundancy. both...

I was actually planning on using the SSR controlling the contactor as an "enable". This is because there will be a lot of automated operations before and after. So essentially, things happen -> SSR 1 closes the contactor, SSR 2 regulates via PWM, when water heating is done, SSR 1 opens the...

Perfect, that is exactly what I was looking for. So you are using the contactor to "enable" the element and the SSR to actually control it. So, given that, I would have a contactor that would controll both loads of the 240. The coil would be run off of a 12/24V SSR. This would allow the...

Thanks for reply! This is a similar setup method I have see a lot here. YOu sortof hit the root of my question through. If you are controlling the element using the SSR (i am assuming using temp feedback), why do you need the contator, especially if it is manually switched. I can see it if...

Hello All, I am currently constructing an electric HLT using 240 and a heating elelment. I have a programed microcontroller that will be switching the heating element. However, I keep going back on forth on which method I like the best; SSRs or DPST relay/contactor. SSR: The...

Ok, newbie rancher question. I have a bank of 5 or so strains that live on agar plates. When I want to brew, I grab a happy looking colony and grow it up. I have never made or used slants. So the question is: what is the difference in using slants vs plates in a yeast bank?