Cool now I don't have to worry about you man!
Kal, your system is the gold standard of electric brewing, and without your inspiration, as well as your published design, I would still be trying to get 6 gallons of water to boil on a stove. All you guys on this forum are rock stars to me, and I have been following for years picking up tips. Thanks to you all.
That's very kind guys but my design (both panel and brewing process) is simple a mash up of all sorts of things I've researched over the years from all over the 'net - both here at HBT and elsewhere. There's definitely 100's of different people responsible for the types of panels we're seeing today. I like to think of it as a big community / open source endeavour that we've helped with in one way or another.Kal, your system is the gold standard of electric brewing, and without your inspiration, as well as your published design, I would still be trying to get 6 gallons of water to boil on a stove.
My scaled down kal clone
My current control box inside. Pretty much out of things to add (and space)!
View attachment 324607My current control box inside. Pretty much out of things to add (and space)!
Would love to see your schematic for this, it's exactly what was planning for my BIAB setup.
View attachment 324607My current control box inside. Pretty much out of things to add (and space)!
View attachment 324607My current control box inside. Pretty much out of things to add (and space)!
View attachment 324607My current control box inside. Pretty much out of things to add (and space)!
BrunDog -- if you're willing and ever get a chance (or maybe I've missed the thread?), I'd be very interested to see/read a full rundown on your controller build.
That thing looks sweet!
My system is in the build thread linked in my signature. If you are asking about control panel specifics, I can post up more details - let me know.
My updated panel. 3phase, 400v/16A (I live in Sweden, so the electric system differs from U.S)
3 SSR with quite small heatsinks, but 2 fans makes sure that they stay cool.
Dual outlet, one for HLT and one for the boiler. The on/on switch is used to choose if the PID or the "boil controller" triggers the SSRs.
Indivual Volt/Amp meters (one per phase)
Nice work on the build. I just added the same ON/ON switch and auber Digital SSR Power Regulator to my panel. I'll be using it for the first time tomorrow. I believe the ability to switch control from the PID to manual knob adjustment will be a huge improvement in boil control.
Nice work on the build. I just added the same ON/ON switch and auber Digital SSR Power Regulator to my panel. I'll be using it for the first time tomorrow. I believe the ability to switch control from the PID to manual knob adjustment will be a huge improvement in boil control.
Is it an auberins brand one or some other by chance?Thx!
And your right, it's a Digital SSR Power Regulator
Is it an auberins brand one or some other by chance?
You Would think by now auberins would see there is enough demand to design a pid where the built in manual pwm/regulator would be easier to use and switch back and forth from pid mode to.. So many with the auber pids seem to install a secondary manual control rather than use the one built in the pid.
First test today. Magic blue smoke was not released. No temp sensors attached yet. Only thing that confused me was that when I turn on the boil kettle and hlt alarm switches the alarm led has a dim glow. When I turn on the mash tun and timer alarms the led does not glow. I have them wired per the diagrams on the Electric Brewery site. Any ideas why two of the four alarms would be feeding low power to the led?
Figured out the dim led. Feel kind of dumb now. I switched a red lens onto a yellow led.
Rims
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