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    Big Beers For The Braumeister

    Now he tells us!
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    Bottle Types And Storage

    I've got some of the Coopers PET bottles as well, but I've been using 500mL Grolsh swing tops. As for priming them, I use the CSR sugar sticks.
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    Big Post Of Water Around Australia

    Mount Isa (Parkside) @ July 2011 pH 6.3 Calcium 14.2 ppm Magnesium 8.44 ppm Sodium 34.8 ppm Sulphate 84.0 ppm Chloride 57.0 ppm Bicarbonate (CaCO3) 76.0 ppm
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    Craftbrewer Influencing Nascar?

    Monday, Ross has a special on "Ford Drip Trays", Marcos Ambrose wins his first Nascar race at Watkins Glen. Frriday, Ross posts a special on "Ford Steins" and Marcos wins at Montreal. Ross, any chance of a "Marcos Special" come Daytona in February?????? DaveM (P.S. yes, I did order the...
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    Powering My Brew Stand

    As your not doing it yourself, ask the sparky to get two 56C310 IP66 rated wall outlets and two 56P310 plugs. If they're installed correctly they're dust tight and water tight for water jets of 100 l/m at 100kpa. Sure, they'll cost a little more, but its good gear.
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    Wort Chillers In Qld

    I've been around Muddzy's place for a few brews and its about a bag of ice and the tap is running around the 5-10 l/m (it wets about 10 square meters of the lawn).
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    The Worlds Biggest Kegerator?

    A few months ago a local bowls club closed down and they sold everything. They're set up was a large square cold room surrounded on three sides with a bar and whilst they had flooded fonts on the bars they also had taps straight throughh the cold room walls. there was also glass fronted doors...
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    Calling All Sparky's (electrics) Need Help With Simple Schematics

    Yes and no, peltiers work on a temperature differential, so a 15 degree differential is well within the specs of even a small cell. However, your volume will be the determining factor, the air is going to be the downside, its bad as a heat mass. Not trying to rain on your parade, it will work...
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    Calling All Sparky's (electrics) Need Help With Simple Schematics

    The only sure fire way to prevent condesation is to maintain a temperature above the current dew point. To determine the dew point takes a fair few variables, but in a nutshell, high humidity = high dew point, low humidity = low dew point.
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    Usb Thermometer & Controllers?

    I'veused some of the gear from phidgets, lots of diffent i/o options and they provide the SDK. Just had a quick look and they have thermocouple inputs but no RTD inputs. www.phidgets.com
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