These are all great ideas. I have been wanting to do something similar. I love brewing with my small eBIAB system, that being said, I don't always like to babysit the system. I will use a RPi for some automation of some sort. One thing I have been prototyping is Instapush. I would like the...
Extra tank for sure. Even when they are not empty they may slow down.
Also, Santa got me a hanging luggage scale. Weigh the tank. You can then calculate how much you have left.
I've only used my HERMS a few times since finishing it. I need about a 15 deg diff. I leave the pump running and control the heat in the HLT. It takes a while for the temp to change in the MLT, but a bit of planning, observation, and adjustment on my part seems to work OK.
I am going to...
Don't worry too much about boiling off the top off water. As long as it is straight out of the tap and hasn't been sitting around, it should be fine. I have never boiled my top off water. All of my wine kits use tap water and tell me to in the instructions, they have all turned out fine.
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Hey there Gatekeeper. Welcome. I spent a few years growing up in Uniontown. Even though I live in Michigan now, I still like to camp at Ohiopyle. I am having trouble getting my wife in a raft.