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Offline MikeSkril

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Building Your Electric Brewery From Scratch (Complete Guide)
« on: December 04, 2017, 12:50:08 pm »
Fellow brewers,

The last few months I was working on my E-HERMS and control panel brewery build.

More information can be found on my blog.
https://skrilnetz.net/how-to-build-a-brewing-control-panel-herms-240v-30-amp/



I hope that this will help some people to make the move and brew electric.

Cheers!


« Last Edit: December 04, 2017, 01:20:17 pm by MikeSkril »

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Re: Building Your Electric Brewery From Scratch (Complete Guide)
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2017, 11:45:34 am »
Very nice!
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Re: Building Your Electric Brewery From Scratch (Complete Guide)
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2017, 02:05:46 pm »
I LOVE the SSR power control. I'm in the middle of converting mine over from 110v to 220v. I am definitely going to incorporate this in my rebuild. Great idea, brother!!  8)
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Re: Building Your Electric Brewery From Scratch (Complete Guide)
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2017, 02:15:20 pm »
Just so I understand correctly, you're not using a PID on the boil kettle. Just the regulator. I assume you crank it to 100% and then dial back after you get a good boil going?
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Re: Building Your Electric Brewery From Scratch (Complete Guide)
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2017, 06:34:27 am »
Just so I understand correctly, you're not using a PID on the boil kettle. Just the regulator. I assume you crank it to 100% and then dial back after you get a good boil going?

Right, I use 100% till it boils and dial back to about 70% to keep a good boil.

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Re: Building Your Electric Brewery From Scratch (Complete Guide)
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2017, 02:03:34 am »
You can do this on a PID also, just enable manual control.   Normally called 'hand'.


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Re: Building Your Electric Brewery From Scratch (Complete Guide)
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2018, 11:30:06 am »
Hi,

I'm happy to share my latest project with you.

This control panel is a multipurpose brewing controller. It’s powered by 240V / 30 AMP and can run 2 pumps and a 5500-watt heating element. It has a mash/boil controller with integrated timer and buzzer.

The AiONE controller does it all. BIAB, RIMS, or even a full-scale HERMS, this controller will handle it.
240V / 30 Amp, enough power for brewing batches up to 20 gallons
Very affordable
Controls 1 heating element and up to 2 pumps
Mash and Boil mode
Integrated timer and buzzer
Can be used with, or without a temperature sensor
Built with safety in mind
Easy to build
Check it out on my blog:
https://skrilnetz.net/the-all-in-one-brewing-control-panel/