Brewery Wired!!!!! Now comes the programming part.....

First off, I'd like to give a big thanks to my friends, Scott and Dale (electrical engineer and facilities guru) who came over on Friday and looked over the system. There were a couple of things that I didn't exactly wire correctly. Without being fixed, lights would have blown and my control box probably would have been turned into a pile of melted goo! I fixed the wiring and fired the brewery up on Saturday....no fires, no melting. It's a good feeling to get it up and running finally. I hooked up the BCS controller to my laptop wirelessly (it's nice to run the brewery from the warmth of your living room...as you can tell from the temperature readings on the screenshot below!)

Screenshot of Brewery Controller hooked up

Next step, calibrating my temperature probes and running a water batch through the brewery. After that, writing some programming! I feel like a brewery run is getting close....I guess, that is, until the water batch reveals some major leaks! Fingers crossed

Here's a little peak at the brewery...Happy New Year!

So, almost everything is hooked up now. There are a few plumbing things that have to be resolved and 3 connections have to be made in the control panel. I wired up all the thermocouples today to the control system and re-plumbed one of the outlets on my pump. About 5 months after I started, it's finally coming together.

Control Panel mounted...check! Wiring...not so much

So, I finally got around to mounting the control panel on the brewery. Today, the task is to wire everything into the panel and do some minor (though it seems nothing is ever minor with this project) plumbing. I'll keep you updated!

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Didn't get a chance to work on the brewery AGAIN this past weekend. There were a lot of holiday functions and of course, had to chop down a tree. I have a good feeling that this weekend will be a good one for the brewery...maybe I can finish it up...don't hold me to it though.