HEATING ARCHIVE

SELECTING THE PROPER HEATING ELEMENT SIMPLIFIED

  • Oct 28, 2020
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  • by Moonshiner

Welcome back, So we're gonna talk about a topic that's going to be helpful to everybody. We did a discussion on evaluating the circuit to make sure that you've got the proper amperage, you're using the proper amount of amperage or you're not overloading that...

EVALUATING YOUR CIRCUIT WITH MULTIPLE HEATER ELEMENTS

  • Oct 28, 2020
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  • by Moonshiner

 The last one we discuss on a single element, we use the 2000 watt 120-volt element, 240 volts versus 120 volts we only did the one element, and what we realized what we came to find out was that one element or 120 volts operating...

EVALUATING YOUR CIRCUIT WITH ONE HEATER ELEMENT

  • Oct 28, 2020
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  • by Moonshiner

  Welcome back. We're so glad you're with us today. Today's topic is going to be evaluating our system to make sure that we have the appropriate power, the appropriate equipment, and we're actually safe, we don't want to cause any problems. So please bear...

BANJO COOKER FOR YOUR STILL

  • Oct 28, 2020
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    Today is a discussion about using the banjo cooker. Now if you're a distiller and you're using propane, you have many options out there. Most of the time we would recommend someone, especially if on their initial stages is to use the turkey...

HEATING STILLS

  • Oct 28, 2020
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We're going to talk about heating options for stills because there are several, the most direct is probably one that most people are familiar with is propane. You know the turkey fryer, where you hook your bottle of propane up and you turn your turkey...

RUNNING THE MIGHTY MINI USING A PID CONTROLLER

  • Oct 28, 2020
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Welcome back! We are so glad you're back with us today. Just like we promised, we're going to run the mighty mini again. Now if you've already read the first mighty meaning run, we ran three gallons of mash through that. We're going to use...

TESTING THREE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS AND OUR RESULTS (new version)

  • Oct 28, 2020
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Welcome. We did a little bit of testing because I wanted to make a determination to at least give everybody a data point on heater elements that we use in stills or in brewing equipment. And the data point gives us an idea of where...

PULSE WAVE MODULATION AS A HEAT CONTROLLER

  • Oct 28, 2020
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Most of you familiar with that at least can run any word from 300 to 400 bucks. We discuss how to put these together for probably about 6070 bucks yourself. It controls your heating element and feedback mechanisms a thermocouple. So it's just like the...

HOW MY PMW IS WIRED

  • Oct 28, 2020
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Welcome. We are glad you are here again. Enjoy reading! Now we're talking about the pulse wave modulator. Remember when we did this on the other discussion if you read that the pulse wave modulator, what that does, we're using that as a heat control...

TESTING THE PULSE WAVE MODULAR AS A HEAT CONTROLLER

  • Oct 28, 2020
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Now we're going to discuss the pulse wave modulator. Remember we discussed that sine wave and then the duty cycle in time now I want to get too technical because you don't really need to, talked about the infinite switch on the stove and turn...

ASSEMBLY AND TESTING THE PULSE WIDTH MODULAR

  • Oct 28, 2020
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Welcome back. Today we're going to produce a discussion for you. It's a tutorial on how to assemble and operate your PW in your pulse width modulator. This is like the P ID without a feedback mechanism. Remember the P ID has a thermocouple that...

PARTS LIST AND DESCRIPTION FOR PID CONTROLLER PART 1

  • Oct 28, 2020
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We talk about today’s controllers, selecting the proper element for your, whatever your process may be. Whether you're doing a brew kettle, steel, a Bakelite oven, plastic infusion, we all know that most of those processes, precise temperature control are very important. We have precise...

TEMPERATURE CONTROL WITH THE INKBIRD ITC 608 T

  • Oct 28, 2020
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  Welcome!  We’re so glad to be with you again today.  Now today's discussion is going to be on controllers. And we've done a lot of discussion about controllers about p ID controllers, the proportional integral derivative controllers, and today we have one that is...

WIRING A 240 V CIRCUIT FOR YOUR STILL EASY STEP BY STEP

  • Oct 28, 2020
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Welcome back, hobbyists, distillers brewers, and winemakers. So today we discuss wiring and distillation, we're going to distill some meat, but I needed a 220 circuit. So I got a wire. First of all a lot of an explanation about electricity and how you can...

240 V vs 120 V EXPLAINED

  • Oct 28, 2020
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Welcome. We're glad to have you back with us again. Today, we're going to do a discussion on this load center that you'll find in your home or in the shop. If it's a sub panel, it will describe more about that. But I need...

HOW TO WIRE THAT CIRCUIT FOR YOUR PROCESS

  • Oct 28, 2020
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We got four wires for 240 volts, or we can use three wires for 240 volts. Or we can use a combination of the four wires 420 volts, or the three wires for 120 volts. If you don't follow some basic simple rules this could...

DUAL ELEMENT HEAT CONTROL PART 1

  • Oct 28, 2020
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Welcome back and today we're going to build a pID controller for two elements. I'm using my pin, although you can use the inkbird. Use just about anyone that you can rely on. That's for two solid state relays. I got a lot going on....

DUAL ELEMENT HEAT CONTROL PART 2

  • Oct 28, 2020
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You're up to like 50 gallons. Let's get into building the P ID controller for a multiple element circuit. It may look like a hot mess but it really is straightforward. My transformer, my hot leg, and my neutral leg. When I plug it in...

HEATING YOUR STILL OR OVEN USING ELECTRICITY

  • Oct 28, 2020
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Welcome. This is the website that dares to unlock all those mysteries of home distilling.  Our intent is to make you as safe and also successful as possible through your endeavors. It doesn't really matter what your process is, whether you're making beer, making wine,...

THE TRUTH ABOUT PID CONTROLLERS

  • Oct 28, 2020
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Welcome brewers, distillers, hobbyists of all types. I hope you find this as educational as it is enjoyable for me to produce. This is a discussion that will unlock the mysteries of the proportional integral derivative. I have P ID controllers they’re really old. I...