Recent content by CaptainMachSnot

And don't forget the allowable 5% voltage drop from the point of supply (AS3000 clause 3.6.2)

Would be interested to see how this turns out, would like to make something similar

I would avoid a frost free. My food freezer has enough smarts in it to alarm if it doesn't complete a defrost cycle, and will not reset untill it does one. Found this out because the element was faulty when i bought it second hand. Seller tried to cover this up before i bought it by having it...

Thanks for the reminder Fifis, some freezers do have shelves that carry the gas, but a lot don't in this size. Mine is all up in the bulkhead section with inbuilt fan. I also have a 304l fisher & paykel that i use for food, and its coils are in the bottom and mounted just above the compressor...

Yes please, this would be way better than my 25yo heat belt that is now held together with cable ties

This is what i use, 176l freezer, an older one that had the wire shelves as opposed to the plastic drawers. Was easy to get the cables into the freezer by dropping down the fan coweling and drilling through the foam. It has an air flow channel inside that i ran the probe and belt lead down to...

Hi Livo, from memory when I pulled my stc controller apart a few years ago, i think the unit uses surface mount relays, so there should be no problem back feeding the active into the terminals 8 or 6. As has been said, it would only work provided the fridge thermostat wiring was still intact

Found this today, lucky the young fella wanted a look in cashies for some ps4 stuff

Could just cut the mixing paddle down to size and use the coupler. Or this one (comes with a chuck): DETROIT 1050W 13mm D-Handle Mixer Drill DMX13

Cut the head off an M14 bolt, and use a spider coupling. I have seen the same drills around with a chuck on them, but don't seem to be in stock atm

Hi, either of these would be great, especially the ITC-308 so i could adjust temp/ cold crash while away from home due to work

Please count me in, would be so handy for brewing, and bbq.

Just wondering, cause my brews always end up with a lower sg than expected. I have been running mainly k&k (extra stuff added by me), or liquid malts and bittering/hopping myself. The one biab i have done (19l bigw pot) ended up exactly where expected. Just wanted to know as im eyeing off a...

So quick question, if im going down to 1.012 to 1.009, is something not quite right? Tested my hydrometer in 20⁰C tap water, and was 1.000

Prob wrap a towel around them, reaching the water so the evaporation cools them. Cant see why it wouldn't, thats how people keep their fermenters cool. If you neet to cool them even more, point a pedestal fan at them as well