Recent content by karlosus

I have been known to give some frustrating gadgets a whack. I call it "durability testing", but in this case I believe the dent happened in transit.

Thanks for the replies folks. Here are some pictures of the power supply and the controller. I don't recall changing the voltage output on the power supply but it seems to be giving 15V turning an empty mill, I haven't tested it under load/stall though. Thanks Les. Man, I wish I'd seen this...

Hi folks, I've got a vanilla (non-sensing) Motion Dynamics Home Brewer Special driving a geared MillMaster 2 roller but I find that it stalls out with very little provocation so I'm wondering how much power you feed yours? Mine is hooked up to a cheap eBay 12V supply rated at 250W. The motor...

Thanks Mardoo, it passed the boiled water test. I'll sanitise with Star-san in future. I'm still curious as to what happened but happy to use the hose. I wish I'd taken a photo, it was as though the hose was covered in Clag paste.

I say "as though" because while there was cloudiness in the water, the hose now looks fine. It's not tacky and both the bore and outside are shiny.

Hi folks, I was soaking some new stainless fittings in hot Tricleanium (trisodium phosphate) solution at 20g/litre. I'd just bought some heavy silicone hose and thought I'd give it a soak prior to use. After around 30 minutes the soak water had gone cloudy and viscous as though the hose had...