Jim's Beer Kit

Regarding automatic stop valve:

I'm wondering if you could maybe use a load cell, to weigh the bottle, so if it's just below 500ml it cuts off.

Or you could maybe use 2 electrodes that normally measure infinite resistance, but which drops dramatically when beer is present.

Ooh that's really cool.

I was wondering how it knows when to stop filling, but I presume you hold the button as long as you want to fill it for?

Thanks! Just noticed your green ammeter / voltmeter displays, where did you get those from out of interest?

Wow that panel is very impressive! When you say speed control, is that done through a phase angle controller out of interest? Edit: just thought phase angle only makes sense for AC pumps. It looks like lots of your connections are spade based, what crimper do you use out of interest? I need to get o...

I'm wondering, are you applying corrections to the brix from the refractometer during fermentation? It seems as well as applying a wort correction factor, you need to use a formulae that takes into account the alcohol such as that of Petr Novotný. There's apparently an English article in Zymurgy on ...

Thanks Kev, the comparison on that website is very helpful!

Yeah I need a decent drill anyway. That's interesting to know with respect to Makita. I was looking at their 18V ones too, there's quite a number to choose from. "Stainless needn't be bad at all really, unless it is pre-hardened." - What's that mean out of interest, is that independent of the grade ...

Thanks a lot everyone! PeeBee - I'll bear that in mind for more complex jobs, but I should be able to do this one. Kev888 - "Don't attempt either unless you have a drill that will turn quite slowly" That's good advice, I hadn't thought of that. I'm pretty sure it's high time I got a decent drill, we...

I'm wondering what the best was is, to cut 5mm thick stainless. I'm currently looking at: https://www.starrett.co.uk/shop/power_tool_accessories/holesaws/tct_carbide_tipped_d/?item_id=BF56132 Which looks like it should do the job? I was originally thinking of using a punch I've got but it looks like...

Sounds good, there's a Belgian quad recipe, I've been wanting to try for a while too.

What kind of element was it out of interest? I had problems with kettle style elements always going black. But haven't had issues with my SS LWD element thus far.

Cheers everyone for the info, definitely gonna give this a shot soon!. Probably in a RIS.

Good that they're replacing it.

I'm intrigued, what does calibration at the manufacturer mean. I thought you could calibrate it yourself?

Hey, you can get proper inline refractometers, it's just they're really expensive as far as I'm aware, around 8k USD from what I read recently. I'm just waiting for some triclamp fittings from China, to make a better version that hopefully doesn't have the uneven light distribution you can see in th...

Oooh tempting! That reminds me to train my hops up something too!