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Managed to unclog mine, hit it with the MAPP torch with a broad flame and heated it until the mesh was getting a little glowy and then let it cool. Immersed it in caustic and a lot of it came out, then a subsequent soak in Sodium Perc got the rest out. Its now in Citric acid repassivating :)...

Bigger problems with gas for me. Like dying from CO poisoning ;)

Gave it another big soak for 48hrs in strong caustic and a big scrub and it has come up a bit cleaner. Still keen on getting a MJ one though, the higher flow will be appreciated. Hop sock can be ok, but the ease of a hop spider is normally much much better. Also no issues with it touching the...

Looks like you beat me to it. I currently have a prototype setup using Raspberry Pints and a gutted bathroom scale running through an Arduino for communication to the Pints.I figured i would just use Pints rather than rolling anything new as it would just be easier. Currently i have it jerry...

Nice, will have to get one... when they come back in stock. Or does anyone know of a supplier that still has some in stock?

So my KK one is all but clogged up now, and hot caustic isnt doing anything. I think its just too fine. Has anyone got the MJ one, and what is it like? Im waiting for them to come back in stock.

Yeah, it works quite well. If i was building it again i would try to get nested pots that are taller than they are wide, but that isnt a huge concern, still works pretty much flawlessly. My main frustration with it is the plumbing and making sure everything is sealed up when i rebuild it (which...

Effectively adjusting wattage. You are actually adjusting the voltage, but because the resistance of the heating element stays the same V=IR may be reorganised to highlight that you are effectively adjusting current flow. The benefit for me is being able to use a readily available low watt...

Not quite. That would be the case if i was using the SSR for a PID derived proportional power circuit. But in my case im using a variable voltage solid state relay to reduce the voltage (and therefore the amperage) to the element instead. I have two relays in my system, one is a plain SSR that...

Well I just popped through an order to take some stock off your hands. :)

Bummer dude, sorry to hear this. :(

Nice. But why not use hose fittings? Would be easier to connect to water pipes then.

Any news on those MJ Hop Spiders?

I haven't noticed any rust stains, and thats after putting it away wet (emergency shutdown) and having to tear it down last night to rebuild. Also the bottle sanitiser comes in handy here. 3hr soak in Perc, then manual scrub and rinse, followed by three runs through the sanitiser.

Ive been doing a bit more playing with these SSRs, and one of the things that they really dont like is PWM control. Their t^on/t^off dwell time is around 500ms, so PWM control will burn them out. But i havnt had any fail even with 20A running through them in bang-bang mode.

Thanks everyone for the hard work organising it. :)

Slightly off topic, but is that the Mangrove Jacks hop spider? If so how do you find it, and where did you get it from?

Awww, thanks. Ill come and see you then. Probably wont have hop bines coming out from behind my ear though... :(

Would love a brett and pedi. Prefer the brett though. Mardoo: would be good to take some bags off your hands too, postie didnt bring me any bags today :(

Given that my bags havn't arrived yet from eBay, does anyone have some spare for a couple of splits?