Recent content by zacc

Looking good William! It's awesome to hear from folks my build has helped inspire! I've been thinking about upgrading from the stc-1000 to BrewPi. I'll definitely post an update if I end up doing this.

It's been running for nearly 4 years now with no mold or other issues! I had heard of others having moisture problems with their fermentation chamber builds so I took great care from the start to protect against this. The main thing I did was ensure all interior surfaces were moisture...

Sounds like you got it dialed in with the thermowells, I bet those work nicely. I'm still just putting the probe on the outside with some paper towels behind it to insulate against the air in the chamber. I use a bungie cord to hold it on, this gets a pretty good measurement of the beer...

If you have multiple carboys in the same section at different stages there will always be some temp variance. I like to attach the probe directly to the carboy that's at the most critical stage to ensure its at the temp I want. This would generally be a carboy that's at the earliest stages of...

Awesome job man! My build was inspired by several different builds so its great to have been able to pass on the inspiration! The ducting for the venting is very cool and the electrical box is a nice touch. It looks like you definitely went the extra mile on this build. The only...

Yeah those are some other good benefits. It took longer to build than I expected but it was well worth the work. It turned out great and has been an awesome addition to the brewery! :mug:

Hi Zoo_Guy, thanks for the compliments, I'd be happy to answer your questions. 1. I'm using two STC-1000 temperature controllers from ebay, one for each section of the chamber(pictured below). I have these wired into an outlet in each section. So the top section is controlled by the top...

Very nice looking! Look forward to seeing the full build! I like the way you did your doors. The doors are the one thing I would change on mine.

Yeah I have actually had my kill-a-watt plugged in for several months now. It looks like the average is about 1kwh per day. this is less than my old kegerator used.

I had a major explosion in the ferm chamber this weekend. Brewed an IPA Saturday and racked it directly onto a 1056 yeast cake from a pale ale brewed the previous weekend. I do this all the time and always use a blowoff and havent had any issues. This time the fermentation was so active that it...

insulation - 100 lumber - 100 temp controllers - 50 outlets & wiring - 20 ac unit - 25 paint & caulking - 50 linoleum & glue - 30 screws, glue, and misc hardware - 30 Door hardware and seal - 25 misc other supplies - 20 Total cost was around $450+ I think I might be forgetting a...

I've gotten a lot of good ideas from people here so glad to share some of mine. Yeah I should come up with a name for it... It has really been put to the test over the last couple weeks. It was 104 yesterday and will be 105 today!

I haven't tried to see how cool I can push it yet but 50 is definitely doable. Right now I have the bottom chamber set at about 54. It's been around 100 for the past week or so here, and it's having no problem holding temperature. I'll have to plug it into my Kill A Watt later to see exactly...

Got a 12v power supply from amazon and the fans are now roaring at normal speed. It was working before, the fans were just taking longer than I would have liked to cool the top section during the first few days of fermentation. Should be a lot better now, will find out after I brew tomorrow...

Sure thing, here's some more pics. The stand itself is Kal's design. I have a counter flow chiller mounted under the stand and my pump and shop vac on the bottom shelf. On the left is the control box for the electric brewery. It's a great little box inspired by jsguitar's build. Next to...