Recent content by HarvesterOfBeer

I'm tinkering with Brewfather to see if it is something I want to keep using for managing things. I'm using a PicoBrew Z for brewing. I'm having a hard time setting up the equipment profile so that the volumes of water and other calculations come out properly. Is there any kind soul here who...

Sure. Several cycles a day (or maybe even a couple an hour) seem reasonable to me. On and off many times an hour is likely a problem...need to either adjust your limits, your PID loop inputs, thermal mass, or improve insulation. However...maybe it's normal for a fridge to cycle that often...

One question is "what is the normal compressor duty cycle like for a freezer"? Yes, cycling too often won't be good for it, but we don't really know what "too often" is unless we have a baseline to compare it with. Anyone have data?

For sure. It'd be a serious project. Probably not worth doing unless you had enough demand to do an actual production run including mounting the components.

Hello, all. I just managed to get my hands on a Z (yay!) which is complete, EXCEPT that it doesn't have the step filter lid or the drain tube + grommet. Hoping someone out there will have an extra.

I was thinking about a completely new board which integrates all of the stuff directly, rather than soldering modules onto a carrier board. Alternately, finding narrower modules to solder to a narrower carrier.

The only supplier of those XL preform bottles I found on eBay indicates 2-4 weeks from Estonia to US. If one were able to make a board (and components) fit in a slightly narrower (~25mm) tube, then it looks like there are a lot more choices. I just don't have time, but somebody could whip up a...

Also looking for this! I would be up for ordering PCBs and putting together kits, but relying on a slow boat supply for the tubes is a serious drag.

Not sure, looking at this thing, if there are outside vs inside channels. I would guess alternating layers? Don't really know how this thing is put together internally.

Yup. Counterflow.

Cool. That's what I'm guessing, but this plate chiller thing is all new to me. Been out of the game for...um...way too long.

I have a number of these Weyee plate chillers (from PicoBrew), which I intend to use for (duh) wort chilling with my newly functional Zymatic. Any idea if it matters which pair of ports I run the water through and which I run the wort through?