My mostly automated brucontrol setup

[Die_Beerery]

HRRMM This work?

 

[BrunDog]

Yes. Looks good!!

 

[Die_Beerery]

Been slow going as of late with kids sports, a basement finish, and work. Finally completed work on the conicals, and brucontrol interface for them. I have to work on some scripting.. but I am not looking forward to that!

 

[HopRodGarage]

Did some more work this weekend. Still waiting on a bunch of parts.


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How did you mount the touchscreen? Is it made for panel installation or did you modify to be able to install it in the door?

 

[Die_Beerery]

How did you mount the touchscreen? Is it made for panel installation or did you modify to be able to install it in the door?

It's a standard monitor, I modified it.

 

[Die_Beerery]

Well. Updates have been slow since I barely have time to sleep anymore. BUT, big things happening tomorrow. In the mean time. Here are some recent updates.

Fermentation is up and running. It has been fully automated.

Panel has been moved to its final resting place.

Panel is all painted

Wiring is 98% complete.

Recirc setup (one per fermenter)

I dunno there is more, but yea.

 

[Die_Beerery]

Big things to come...

 

[Die_Beerery]

BK

MT

HLT

YouTube explanation.

 

[BrunDog]

Oh my...

 

[Tartan1]

Sweet looking LoDo setup

 

[augiedoggy]

BK

MT

HLT

YouTube explanation.

Nice! did you order them directly from Sungood or through Stout?

 

[Die_Beerery]

Nice! did you order them directly from Sungood or through Stout?

Stout, we collaborated and designed a low oxygen brewing lineup for stout http://www.********************/stout-tanks-and-kettles-llc/

 

[TenaCJed]

Very nice setup and good video going over everything!

 

[swimIan]

Tell us more about the hopdropper and grist hydrator!

 

[couchsending]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, I’m pretty ignorant on pumps and TC fittings... but what pump is that for the recirc setup and what TC connections do you use for it?

 

[Die_Beerery]

Tell us more about the hopdropper and grist hydrator!

When I have some more time I will detail them for sure.

 

[Die_Beerery]

Current status

 

[Die_Beerery]

Started on some mounting and piping.

Mass flow meter

 

[BrunDog]

This thing is out of control.

 

[Wizard_of_Frobozz]

This thing is out of control.

Brundog, you do realize that you're the primary enabler on this, right? You created BruControl, after all!

 

[BrunDog]

Yeah, that’s a good point, but still - significant envelop pushing here. It’s cool!

 

[Die_Beerery]

Piping V1 complete.

Now on to purge/flushing and vacuum solenoids.

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[Tartan1]

My gosh your attention to detail is outstanding, your system has been well thought out.
Thanks for the updates.

 

[BrunDog]

Awesome!!

 

[BrunDog]

Awesome!!

 

[Die_Beerery]

Did my first full manual brew session yesterday. Missed gravity by a few points but everything went pretty well! Brucontrol performed flawlessly.

 

[Die_Beerery]

Built my new sight glass today.

In place

 

[BrunDog]

How u did that?

 

[day_trippr]

At this point, if he said "Effin' Magic" I'd be all in on it

 

[cloudybrewer]

At this point, if he said "Effin' Magic" I'd be all in on it

Effin' A, Cotton. Effin' A.

 

[Die_Beerery]

How u did that?

Sorry I never get post notifications!

Vinyl Decal.

You guys are too funny!

 

[Die_Beerery]

System update

 

[Tartan1]

System update

Very informative video, thanks for sharing. Albeit your system is way more complex than mine this does give me clearer insight into the basic scripting aspect of BruControl. Again well done

 

[BrunDog]

Great video!! Nice job figuring out and implementing the scripting!

 

[Die_Beerery]

Great video!! Nice job figuring out and implementing the scripting!

Couldn't have done it without your insight! So thank you.

 

[Die_Beerery]

Built a purge box today using an arduino o2 sensor. Used an airtight jbox, some push connect bulkheads and some check valves. Used another bulkhead and piped the exhaust purge gas right into the exhaust hood piping. Siliconed it all up and tried it out.

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[GParkins]

Nice use of the inverted tray to protect the connectors on the bottom of the enclosure.

I'm looking forward to seeing it with everything all dressed up and the covers snapped on for the milestone that says "done." I'm also stoked that this is just v. 1.0. For sure, I'll be standing by with bated breath waiting to see how you're going to top it.

 

[BrunDog]

Just when you thought it was too cool... Bam! Cooler!

 

[TenaCJed]

Watching your other videos that you posted in the BruControl thread I was wondering why you ran the purge for so long, I am happy to see that you came up with a solution to only purge as long as needed!

I have to say, part of what attracted me towards BruControl was the scripting\automation. Funny thing is that I never desired that until I saw the software and possibilities!

 

[Die_Beerery]

Well. It took 12 minutes of purge/vac to get to <2%. So using the generic time outs in the scripts were not long enough!