Recent content by ballzac

I think it's a testament to the design of this product that it didn't blow a fuse or something, as when the relay trips, you have active connected straight to neutral. The previous replies have already explained this, but here's my explanation anyway: This device switches the active line. This...

Also, don't forget that you're dealing with mains, so if it's not wired correctly it could be dangerous.

Does the light come on to indicate that it's heating?

Considering that S-23 may be the first choice of lager yeast for people who are currently using other Fermentis yeasts (such as S-04), it may be worth mentioning the S-23 can throw some pretty fruity flavours - such as pineapple - too. It can work really well, but would not be any more...

Definitely sounds temperature related. I've only used S-04 twice, but never had off flavours from it. I actually had a brown ale fermented at about 24C with Notty that produced a lot of banana flavour (though it was not funky). 18 months took care of it, and it turned out wonderful. I believe...

Also, with beverages that have a lower FG. It's been known to happen when people add enzymes to their beer. My only ever bottle bombs were a cider. The SG stayed the same for a couple of weeks (about 1.005 IIRC). I figured it was done and bottled it. A couple of weeks later I chilled one and...

Is there a connection between use of Sodium Percarbonate products and poor head retention? This may not necessarily be from the Sodium Percarbonate if there are other chemicals in the product. I had quite a few brews with very poor head retention, and realised that a common element may be the...

So anyway, someone in the other thread politely pointed out that PV=NRT isn't really the relevent equation here. Henry's Law is the relevant equation. I haven't studied chemistry (my major was in theoretical physics), so I'm only going on my interpretation of the wikipedia artice. Would be...

I went to the effort of moving the entire discussion to another thread to avoid clogging up this one, so you can go to the other one to make this point and we can discuss it there...unless you just wanted a larger audience before which to put me down :rolleyes:

Of course.

Can't help with this specific plan, but I used to travel v-line a fair bit and would put a few of my brews in bundy ginger beer bottles so I didn't have to pay 5 bucks for a can of VB on the train.

Just a fermenter with an airlock. It is still under pressure though. The difference in pressure is not important. In a keg, the pressure gradient only occurs within the steel anyway. The pressure within the beer is still constant (ignoring the 1PSI or so difference at the top and bottom of the...

Carbonation/pressure/temperature tangent is now quoted in the wiki discussion topic: http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum//ind...mp;#entry651619 Please continue it there as I think it is both interesting and important :)

From a tangent in this thread: http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum//ind...view=getnewpost