Recent content by Pataka

I had never even thought about heating the esky first, but that makes total sense. That's probably where the problem was. That, and there was a lot of air above the wort. When I used the stockpot with blankets, there was a lot less air between the wort and the lid. At this stage, I'm erring...

I had a crappy old 30L esky lying around here which I cleaned up and put to use on my last BIAB batch. I had WAY more temp loss from that than in my first batch, which was simply wrapping the brew pot in blankets. I lost nearly 10 degrees from start to finish (yes, I know!... hence why i'm...

But, I haven't addressed the root of the problem, which is, how to hold my mash temp.

Some great ideas here. I'd never thought of using an urn for this, but I see a few stores selling modified units that are suitable. Fermentation and I are reasonably sorted. My most recent purchase is a fermentation fridge, which I now use with my Inkbird temp controller and heat belt. I'm...

I made the switch to all grain brewing using BIAB earlier this year, and have since done three batches. That's been enough to suss out the areas in which my system could improve. I only have a 15L brew pot. That means my batch size is limited. That's not a huge issue in and of itself, but it is...

Ok I won't (By the way, when I say that it means I actually will anyway :P ) It's a Holtek HT66F0185, which looks to be a controller for the LED display panel.

Not my unit, but I found this post on HomeBrewTalk, which shows one that has had the back taken off it. Not a particularly large image, however: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=541662 Let me know if you still need bigger photos.

You never know your luck. I did quickly glance at the case for that reason, and seem to recall it was held together by screws, with nothing stopping a relatively straightforward disassembly. I'll have a closer look when I get home.

12A/250V

Hi all. To close the loop on this, I thought I'd post my experience with the InkBird ITC-308. The thing is fabulous. It just works. Easy to program, easy to follow instructions on, plenty of length in the cables, and perhaps most importantly, doesn't go bang :) My only qualm is that the...

No blame taken whatsoever. The reason I'm not happy with my diagnosis is because of that same question - why did it work fine before the probe was connected? What changed? The wiring. The only thing with the 'loose wire' theory is that the unit was in its case the whole time. Dismantling only...

I've re-wired it up the way I originally did it. Here's what it looked like. I also tested with a multimeter to ensure everything was connected as it should, and not shorting where it shouldn't. The connector is rated for 30 amps (they didn't have any 10 amp ones, so I thought I'd be on the...

I think I've put the biggest 'what if?' to rest just now. Ever since the event, there's been a nagging thought in the back of my mind of "what if I connected the phase to the probe terminals by mistake?" but because I removed them all immediately after it failed, I thought I'd never know. But I...

Righto then.. Here's the pics taken by the investigation team shortly after the incident. The resistor that exploded is the one at the edge of the PCB. Here's a recent one, sans resistor (which has all fallen off now) but otherwise showing the layout of the board And here's the label that...