Recent content by lukez

Hey everyone. I've done some searches but came up blank. Has anyone ever converted a 1 compartment system such as the "true" TDD-4 system to be able to set to 2 different temperatures? I have a chance to jump on a TDD-4 for a real good price and I don't really need that much keg space! I'd...

ok i'll sanitize very well and buy some new yeast tomorrow, rather be safe than sorry.

That's fine I think I can separate it, but will it be ok for the wort to sit 24hrs without yeast in my primary bucket w/ airlock?

So when I did my first batch of IPA a couple months ago I apparently visited a bad website on how to reuse yeast because it said to just put what's left after racking into plastic bottles and to just put it back into my new wort whenever I brew. So I did that, with the trub and all. Tonight...

Got it to work somehow. I think starting the auto tune and then going back to the auto/manual setting and setting it to 1 did the trick but I'm not 100% sure. Anyway, first brew day is done! I think I totally missed the boat on this one since I only ended up with 4 gallons instead of 5 but...

Hi all, I have the auber syl 2352 PID and I'm trying to autotune on my electric setup. The "out" light flashes and cuts power every 2 seconds or so but the temperature just keeps rising during the process. I set temp at 154 and started tuning at 144. It's been going up since and it's now at...

had e same issue except I have a Midwest panel. I called GE and they sent a replacement breaker. I haven't tested it yet though. Hoping it was faulty.

Just want to make sure I understand that last statement. Does it mean that you can have both hot legs come into the input of the contactor, and on the output 1 goes to heat element and the other goes to the SSR and then to the heat element? So regardless if the PID is telling the ssr to be on...

You were right in what you said, your 30a main panel breaker is 2 hots. You should have a neutral (white) bus bar in your main panel where all the white wires from your whole house connect to. Same with the bare copper ground wire, the probably at connected to the case of your panel. In the...

Hey all, Looking for a gut check here. The cord on the chugger pump is a bit short to reach my panel so I decided to make a simple extension cord. Normally the hot wire is on the right side of the plug and the neutral on the left in every outlet, HOWEVER, on the chugger pump plug itself...

There is two relays, 240 for main and 120 for element. I tested the 120 and it's fine with a hot and neutral to the contactors. The 240 for main requires both got legs at the contactors I believe and that's where the issue was. I can't trouble shoot now cuz I sent the switches back for...

Ya I understand those basics, I just don't know enough about relays to troubleshoot the issue so I reached out here. I thought that a 240 relay needed each hot to power it, and the original wiring diagram made sense and so does he second really, but it's not functioning properly so I started...

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I guess it does nothing...like it's doing! So should I have 1 hot wire (red) going directly to the contactor pick and the other hot wire (black) going to the switch which then goes back to the contactor picks on the same side as the 120 that's already there, delivering 240 to one side of the...

I get it 240 coil means you should deliver 120 to each side, not a neutral. Did I destroy it? :-(