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I've bought quite a lot of stuff from this website. That link should take you to assorted power supplies. PSB24-060 should be plenty to run that valve, and it's only 36 bucks.

I saw that on the paperwork. It also shows those as switched outputs, most likely dependent on settings. Set as PID you would attach an SSR to 6 and 8. Set as "ON/OFF", you would attach a coil of some sort to common and the N.O. or N.C. This is the way I understand it, anyway. Relay output is...

A doorbell transformer doesn't offer much for current. I hope it's enough power to turn your valve.

This is where I would start. If it works backward from what you expect, attach green to 6 on your PID instead of 8 ETA : Oops, I forgot to attach neutral to 10 on the controller. :rolleyes:

There are several possible issues getting in your way. Do you have a model and manufacturer for your ball valve?

I had that happen with my first beer. I used to use a bleach solution to sanitize, and the bungs would stay put pretty well. I bought Star San and have been using that. I've noticed that it tends to make things a little more slick, and when the fermentation got really active, it blocked my...

Thank you. I actually used a brew bag, and I was surprised at the amount of stuff that still made it into the wort. Nothing solid, of course, just gelatinous stuff I assumed was from the grain starches, as there wasn't any real substance left in the spent grain. It was little more than empty hulls.

I jumped into the beer hobby with both feet. I bought an all-grain bourbon vanilla porter kit from Box brew kits. Brew day went well. I was conscientious about sanitization, laid out everything I needed ahead of time in the order I would need it. Maintaining my mash temp was a trick, and I had...

Good luck with your banana wine.

I can't take credit for it. I read somewhere that it's an old moonshiner's trick. They had to be pretty inventive back in the day. Lol

It wasn't pretty, and it began leaking again a few days after, so I added more. I ordered some fermentation lids and swapped when they arrived and I had a chance to clean and sanitize them.

I'm pretty new at the hobby, so my advice is worth about what you paid, but I think if it's fermenting well and has only been a few days, your wine is probably ok. Where is your airlock on that container? My first mead was a micro batch in a quart mason jar. It was fermenting away like crazy...

If you're fermenting in a bucket, check the lid seal. If the CO2 can escape from a bad lid seal, your airlock won't bubble.

Thank you. My girlfriend drinks it, so it must not have come out too bad. She's the wine drinker in the house. That's not to say I won't have a glass, too, but I'd rather a good beer or a sweet cider. I'll say, though, if the goal is strictly to get smashed, it will do the job splendidly. :drunk:

Bravo on the old school brewing style from a fellow noob. I'll be following your thread to see how your beer turns out. My first porter is in the fermentor, and I'm getting ready to bottle today. Getting anxious. Good luck! :bigmug:

Hey all. I've been looking around a bit here and I like what I see. We've been trying out some different things here and are having fun. I've made a small batch mead that came out pretty good, a hard peach cider that was way too dry and seriously strong, and a spruce beer that came out tasting a...

Hey all. I didn't intend to resurrect an old thread for my first post, but this one caught my eye. From what I've read, if my first forays into wine and beer don't work out the way they ought to, I could, theoretically, run them through a still (if I had one) and all wouldn't be lost. It would...