Hi guys, I'm pretty new to this forum, so I apologize if I'm making a mistake in posting this. My current brewing setup is a three vessel herms, but I'm using a single arduino nano instead of three separate PID controllers, I was thinking about automating the whole process using electric valves:
so here is my question: I already have a bunch of cheap solenoid valves in hand that I bought for my garden a long time ago. These valves are made of plastic and since I couldn't find any information on them, I can't say if they can handle boiling water temperature :
On the other hand I built motorized ball valve using mg996 servo and a ball valve which cost me almost the same as solenoids:
One thing about theses servo valves is that I can use them for controlling output flow of my pumps which is a good option for sparging step...
For solenoids I can use 16bit shift out register using two 595 chips, but for driving servos I think I should buy something like this: https://learn.adafruit.com/16-channel-pwm-servo-driver?view=all
So what do you think; which type of valve should I use?
Thanks...
Sajad
so here is my question: I already have a bunch of cheap solenoid valves in hand that I bought for my garden a long time ago. These valves are made of plastic and since I couldn't find any information on them, I can't say if they can handle boiling water temperature :
On the other hand I built motorized ball valve using mg996 servo and a ball valve which cost me almost the same as solenoids:
One thing about theses servo valves is that I can use them for controlling output flow of my pumps which is a good option for sparging step...
For solenoids I can use 16bit shift out register using two 595 chips, but for driving servos I think I should buy something like this: https://learn.adafruit.com/16-channel-pwm-servo-driver?view=all
So what do you think; which type of valve should I use?
Thanks...
Sajad
