Electric Brewery Build UK Version

[masterosouffle]

Love it! I want them on everything!!!

[barneey]

Steve aka Swift Tag, just incase you havnt read this post about Tesco viewtopic.php?f=22&t=51857 I would get yourself down there to see if they have any kits left
Cheers
C

[darkonnis]

Hi, I'm Steve and I own Swift Tag, just a quick post to say thanks to barneey for the kind words and if I can be of help to anyone please feel free to contact me.

I am a bitter drinker and have made homebrew in the past albeit from kits. So thanks for reviving an old interest, must get the brewkit out of the loft!!!!

Had a look around the site, what a fantastic goldmine of information and experience.

I hope this isn't taken as spam posting, just a heartfelt thank you.

Cheers all

Welcome mate! Always nice to have new people and with an intro like that certainly speaks volumes!
Cooky

[barneey]

Finally after months of waiting my Hong Kong delivery of the LCD voltage displays have finally arrived meaning I can know cut the final the holes in the front panel.

BTW if your quick theres a nice cheap SS cabinet on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160847624192? ... 1423.l2649

[barneey]

Had a bit of spare time today so have now fitted all the front panel components, ready for the great wiring job inside.

Still have to cut a few holes in the cabinet case itself for various inlets / outlets --- didnt want to cut them just yet incase I needed to change anything.

Again still need to fit the labels but will leave that as the last job.

If theres any sparkys near the East Kent region I could do with a motivational hand

Progress for today....

[chris2012]

Wow that looks really impressive barneey!

What do you have controlling all the buttons etc. a microcontroller or something?

Do you plan to label the buttons, theres so many I'd forget what they each do.

[Fil]

Great Job... ive had to re-wire a pid i had half installed into my jobbie to run my hlt for a brew up today one step back... good to see progress elswhere tho.. keep it up...

[barneey]

Wow that looks really impressive barneey!

What do you have controlling all the buttons etc. a microcontroller or something?

Do you plan to label the buttons, theres so many I'd forget what they each do.

Its based on the Electric Brewery Build, so just relay contacts controlling the majority of the stuff, as for the labels they are on the previous page. Operation wise its 4 PIDs (HLT, Mash, HERMS, Boiler / Fermenter) 1 Timer, 4 variable solar pump supplies, Element control (2 Boiler - 1 of which is variable, 1 HLT, 1 HERMS), just have to workout if I can fit (or need) a flow meter. A bit OTT but I`m only planning and building this thing once, no mark 2s

[Wolfy]

A bit OTT

A bit more than a bit OTT.

But it looks very impressive.

[Kev888]

Yes, looking very professional! What a monster!

Cheers
kev

[troublebrewing]

I've seen this in the flesh pre-installation of the lighting-up bits, and so it's great to see it in this state.

Great work, I say, not that it needs saying!

[darkonnis]

You not tempted to make something a bit like this trouble? I reckon there would be one hell of a market for a simple one that did HLT auto timer/temp, 2 switches for pumps and a switch for a boiler on/off.

[troublebrewing]

TBH, DK, the costs are astronomical for this scale of work. Even just doing the market research/marketing costs put a project out of reach for an operation like mine. Honestly, it's tough enough producing simple STC units. But it totally looks very tempting, and I have considered it. It's aways the damned costs, isn't it? And someone has to pay. I've seen this one, as I say, and I have seen the skill that Barney has put into it. It's a big project. Each one is unique in someway. But that's hand-made stuff for you.

I don't discard the idea, however, one never knows how the wind might blow from one year to the next.

[Deller12]

Had a bit of spare time today so have now fitted all the front panel components, ready for the great wiring job inside.

Still have to cut a few holes in the cabinet case itself for various inlets / outlets --- didnt want to cut them just yet incase I needed to change anything.

Again still need to fit the labels but will leave that as the last job.

If theres any sparkys near the East Kent region I could do with a motivational hand

Progress for today....

What can i say Quality bit of kit but are you sure you have enough PID'S So what do all those puppys do ?

[barneey]

Cheers,

4 PIDs (HLT, Mash, HERMS, Boiler to Fermenter) + 1 Timer, should be future proof enough + see my previous post above for the rest of the control bits.