I found Eagle files for a version of the BrewPi Spark done by @purpleogre. Had a couple boards made and soldered one - works perfectly, just as well as my 'real' BrewPi Spark. There are a couple surface mount components, but it wasn't too hard to put together. Link is below...
If I could revive those brain cells, I'd work out how much magnesium it actually added to the water. At any rate, I doubt it's much. I've had mine in for 3 years and it still looks like it did when I purchased it. You're spot on that this was in the days before SS elements were cheap.
I installed a magnesium sacrificial anode in my kettle and I don't have any problems with rust. Just using the regular Camco element.
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Hoping someone has seen this before and can help - I tried to compile and upload the firmware to an ESP826612E and I keep getting the error 'Documents/Arduino/libraries/ESPAsyncTCP/lwipr_compat.c:269: multiple definition of `ax_port_write'. There are a couple of other similar errors, all in the...
Does anyone have any hints how to get the leg extensions squared with the rest of the leg? Obviously doesn't impact the functionality, but would be nice to get them lined up so that they look nice :). Two of the three leg extensions line up nicely, but I can't seem to get the last one to line...
I had the exact same problem in my setup and it turned out to be the height/angle of my whirlpool inlet. the inlet was coming back into the BK too low and essentially recirculating cooled wort. I had significant stratification in the BK - the bottom of the BK was cool to the touch while the...