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Hey everyone, I've just about got all parts necessary to put together my own brauclone but I have one question about the filter plates. My brother in law can cut stainless plates for me which are quite thick and very strong. I use one at the moment as a sort of "false" false bottom to keep...

When I first completed my shield, it read the temperature fine without the pump/heater/buttons, then when I finished the rest it started doing the 85 thing. As with matties, the pcb labels weren't in the right spots, so check against the PDF wiring diagram to make sure you have the sensor...

Nah, thanks for the offer, but I am well away from Melbourne. I've tried with 2 arduinos anyway. I've ordered another DS18B20 to test, so I'll see what happens. That being said, is there a particular reason I cannot use it in parasite mode? It seems to work so far, not that I've played with...

I don't know if that's the case here. It was working fine when I first got it, even with the shield.

Any idea why it's not working normally? I tested with the braudino shield on usb power as well as 12v, and without the shield using a breadboard. Tried 2 different arduinos.

Apparently I have fixed it. Seems like it was a software issue, had to change ds.write(0x44,0); to ds.write(0x44,1); Something to do with parasite power? Too tired.

Is it possibly the sensor is faulty? I've just tried connecting it to a new circuit on a breadboard, using the serial monitor I'm still getting 85 degrees.

Hello everyone, I've just put together one of these controllers, and it's almost working. I can control the pump and element and menu system works fine. The temperature only reads 85 degrees though, sometimes it will briefly show 127.75 degrees. The sensor worked fine when I tested it with...

I've been using one for about a year and a half without any problems. Reads about 2 degrees higher than it should though.

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/38674-move-to-all-grain-for-thirty-bucks/ ?

My LHBS mentioned it on facebook recently. An employee there used it. http://www.facebook.com/homebrewerswarehouse?fref=ts Their website is http://homebrewerswarehouse.com.au/ but it's only recently set up and doesnt have grains listed. Could send them a message or give them a call and see if...

Are these the regular pin lock kind? That I can get off ebay and what not? I've managed to sort out enough connections to use 2 of the 3 kegs I bought. Willing to swap the last one if you will get use out of it. They will probably need a bit of TLC. This is my first time using kegs, so I'm not...

I didn't want to start a new thread, so I'll just ask here. Is it normal for the CO2 regulator to get icy on the outside?

It was only $42 to swap mine. Guess that can't be too bad then.

The dive shop swapped my bottle on the spot for a full one. For those that were curious, they use CO2 and nitrogen mix to inflate life rafts apparently. They just decided to do bottle swaps as a sort of favour to homebrewers the lady who worked there said. What do you guys normally pay for to...