Ok Thank you. I appreciate the lead.

Ok I understand the reason for the relay, however that only cuts one of the hot legs. The other hot leg is still getting constant power from the SSR even though there isn't 3v going to it to turn it on.

I'm confused. i thought the SSR is the relay that is usually open and closes when it receives the 3v input from the RPi. The way it's been explained is poles 1 & 2 are open on the top of the SSR, then once the 3v comes in to the bottom of the SSR, 1 & 2 close which allows the 120v current to...

Good morning, if anyone is still monitoring this thread I need some help. I set up my craftbeerpi box with 4-wire 240 coming into the box, wired it up like it instructs in Craftbeerpi, but I'm showing constant power to all my outlets (leviton L6-20R), even though there's no continuity between...

Good morning and Happy Turkey day. So I decided to roll with Nosybear's set up and it's working awesome. I spliced the power wire for the Inkbird directly to the power for the freezer and spliced the two fermwraps together so they both plug in to the Heater outlet with one plug. It's holding at...

Thanks for the input. I like the idea of a light bulb, but didn't like the idea of exposing the wort to that much light. I opted for 2 fermwrap wrap around heaters. I'm going to stick them onto the inside walls of the freezer and connect them to a thermostat that will turn them on when the...

Homebrewers, I'm still new to the homebrew scene and I need some advice. For a fermentor, I found a old used Frigidaire freezer that still works great, changed out the thermostat to a Johnson Controls one and it kept my temp between 66 and 70 through the summer without any problems. Now that...

Good morning/evening everyone, So I'm not sure what your views are, but in my opinion, drinking a beer at 830am is not alcoholism if it's your beer... Kind of like the Peanut butter scenario from Road Trip :p. With that said, It's been almost 2 weeks since brewing my first all grain batch and I...

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D I'll drink a pint, wait an hour, and if I'm not chasing John then I'll assume I'm good to go. Worse case scenario, I just created the first beer that helps you lose weight lmao.

That's how I felt until I checked the PH last night and it got up to 4.19 which, needless to say, made me breathe a sigh of relief. I'm going to test another sample this afternoon to see if it raises any more. I tried some of it yesterday and it tasted like a flat, but hoppy ale so I'm excited...

Update... I checked the ph and it's at 3.3. I transferred wort to another carboy for secondary fermentation and added my dry hops. I've been doing a lot of research about ph and i'm going to add about 2.5g of baking soda to the wort which should "theoretically" increase the ph and I'll post an...

Lmao, the shit giving doesn't bother me a bit. I deserve it :D:D. Honestly I think I would judge you guys for not giving me shit :p:p. It'll make me remember what NOT to do in the future. I have 2 more carboys so I am planning on brewing a Black IPA this weekend. I'm still going to let this one...

That's great as long as the head doesn't look like foamy star-san :D

Haha you never know. Oh I forgot to mention, I did take a gravity reading from the sample and it's down to 1.044 from 1.054 so far which is normal right? My target FG is 1.012

I was debating on whether the meters are worth the extra cost or not so thank you for pointing that out. As for the hypothesis, I'm a firm believer that everything happens for a reason, true maybe sometimes the reason is you're an idiot and needed to learn a lesson, but I've read about many...

I pulled a sample and tried it last night using the wine snob method of sip, taste, spit. It was sweet and had a nice bitter after taste, which makes sense seeing as the beer should have about 115 ibus. I still haven't bought PH strips so I'll have to pull another sample to check that. In my...

That's what I was afraid of. Here's a question though, if the star san was in the airlock tray undiluted, is it safe to taste the wort or will it harm me?

UPDATE...It's been a few days now so I checked it this morning and I feel much better. I haven't tasted it or checked the PH yet, but I'm getting more confident that the process is on track.

In that case, theoretically, I should be good to go. I checked on it last night before going to bed and the sanitizer tray was bubbling a lot more, even though there still wasn't any krausen so I'm assuming it's still doing something. I'll wait until Friday and check the gravity. Thanks

I'll check the PH and see what I need to do. Thank you for the info.